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by jhunterp on August 22nd, 2006

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Are there more stars in space than there are grains of sand on earth?

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  • by amiableamy on August 22nd, 2006

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    There are about 7 billion billion grains of sand on planet Earth, while researchers are still uncertain about how many stars there are in space. An educated guess would be that there are at least 100 stars in the universe for every grain of sand on earth.

    Sources: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/astronomy/faq/part8/section-3.html

    http://www.miamisci.org/tripod/whysand.html

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    • very interesting! nice answer

      davoomac

      by davoomac on August 22nd, 2006

    • That's like saying are there more sperm cells in a man than there are eggs in a woman.They might be more they might be less but one of which is replenished every day.

      Zladdy

      by Zladdy on September 19th, 2006

    • There are an infinite number of stars in the universe. This brilliant guy I just found out about made it very clear to me his name is Dr. David Hawkins he is a spiritualist but also a higher meaning thinker

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      by lozzz1719 on June 21st, 2010

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