Today's pictures reminded me of stars. I'm fascinated by them. Didn't you know I'm hopelessly romantic? My blogtitle should have given you a clue;-) Immediately I thought of the film Stardust and the song 'Rule the world' by Take That. Anyway I like to watch the starlit sky and wonder how vast the universe is and what it would be like to watch Earth from above. I'm rambling.
Did you know that a star is a huge, shining ball in space that produces a tremendous amount of light and other forms of energy. The sun is a star, and it supplies Earth with light and heat energy. The stars look like twinkling points of light - except for the sun. It looks like a ball because it's much closer to Earth than any other star.
Stars are grouped in huge structures called galaxies. Telescopes have revealed galaxies throughout the universe at distances of 12 billion to 16 billion light-years. Can you imagine?
The sun is in a galaxy called the Milky Way that contains more than 100 billion stars. There are more than 100 billion galaxies in the universe, and the average number of stars per galaxy may be 100 billion. Thus, more than 10 billion trillion stars may exist. But if you look at the night sky far from city lights, you can see only about 3,000 of them without using binoculars or a telescope. That gives you an idea of infinity and our limited viewpoint ;-)I love to look out for shooting stars to wish upon them. Another rule is. If you see the first star that comes out at night, you can make a wish as well. And if you don't tell, it will come true.... xxxx
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