Counting the Stars in the Milky Way | Genius by Stephen Hawking

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Keywords
galaxy milky way are we alone genius science astronomy astrophysics stephen hawking sand visualizing inquiry star number Enrico Fermi paradox
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Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Post-Secondary
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Counting the Stars in the Milky Way | Genius by Stephen Hawking

"It's hard work shoveling buckets of stars," says one of Stephen Hawking's geniuses, but that is exactly what a group does as they work to visualize the true number of stars in the galaxy using tiny grains of sand. Find out if you can comprehend the number as the group continues their quest to learn if there is life beyond our planet.
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PBS Learning Media

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