How Many Stars Are *Really* In The Universe? Over the weekend, I heard a song playing in the background at the Pacific Science Center that was ostensibly a piece of pleasant science-themed audio scenery. Its chorus repeatedly posed a pretty simple question: "how many stars do you think are in the universe?" (PS - I can't find this song online for the life of me, but if you know it, let me know!) It's had me thinking ever since. Of course, there are some answers to that question that are commonly accepted in science. Answers ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) seem to range between 10^21 and 10^24. But those answers are only estimates based largely on the assumptions being made about the universe, and we've been wrong about these assumptions before . I've been wondering what the true answer to that question might be. We'll Never Know The Answer It's actually physically impossible to count the number of stars in the universe. It's not a figurative "
I go through life looking at everything objectively and rationally, whether I like it or not. You can come too.