the_flying_pig@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoAte there more galaxies in the universe, than stars that can be seen from Earth with the naked eye, or with a telescope?message-squaremessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down14
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareAte there more galaxies in the universe, than stars that can be seen from Earth with the naked eye, or with a telescope?the_flying_pig@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareBurgerBaron@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agoI was curious, so: https://worldpopulationreview.com/metrics/how-many-trees-are-in-the-world 3 trillion trees. vs 100 - 400 billion stars. https://www.space.com/25959-how-many-stars-are-in-the-milky-way.html https://astro.arizona.edu/news/how-many-stars-are-milky-way-more-you-can-imagine
minus-squarebreakfastmtn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 days agoWhere are they hiding all these trees? I just looked outside and saw, like, 5 tops.
minus-squarecrank0271@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoWell I’m seeing like 5 over here as well, so we’re up to 10.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoalso clonal trees typically, usually count as one. since some are vegatatively reproduced from sharing the same root system.
minus-squarebreakfastmtn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoDamn. This is complicated. We can’t even count 1-10 trees properly. How did someone manage to count all 3 trillion??
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoprobably estimated by area where trees are found. like quaking aspen clones are close to 80k years old(cloning for that long)
I was curious, so:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/metrics/how-many-trees-are-in-the-world
3 trillion trees.
vs
100 - 400 billion stars.
https://www.space.com/25959-how-many-stars-are-in-the-milky-way.html
https://astro.arizona.edu/news/how-many-stars-are-milky-way-more-you-can-imagine
Where are they hiding all these trees? I just looked outside and saw, like, 5 tops.
Well I’m seeing like 5 over here as well, so we’re up to 10.
Unless you’re seeing the same trees
also clonal trees typically, usually count as one. since some are vegatatively reproduced from sharing the same root system.
Damn. This is complicated. We can’t even count 1-10 trees properly. How did someone manage to count all 3 trillion??
probably estimated by area where trees are found. like quaking aspen clones are close to 80k years old(cloning for that long)