• Question: how many new stars or planets do you think there still areto be discovered in space?

    Asked by samandaashishlgs to Chris on 21 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Christopher Phillips

      Christopher Phillips answered on 21 Jun 2011:


      There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on every beach on Earth. We have dicovered that stars have lots of planets around them.. so far we can only see 550 or so planets.
      So look at it this way.. there are more planets in the universe than there are stars! A number way to big to count!
      There will always be new places to discover and explore, that is one of the coolest things about astronomy, there is always something new and exciting, it never gets boring. 🙂

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