Look at that tiny circle in the galaxy—that’s where every star you’ve ever seen in the night sky lives. Seriously. All the constellations, shooting stars, and planets visible to the naked eye exist in just this one thin slice of the Milky Way.
Our galaxy is estimated to hold over 100 billion stars, but the ones we can spot from Earth without a telescope make up only a tiny fraction. We’re tucked into one spiral arm of this massive structure, orbiting around a core we can’t even see directly.
It’s wild to think about how small our visible universe really is. Next time you look up at the stars, remember—you’re seeing just a few grains of light in a cosmic ocean.
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