Guest Editorial: Cosmic food for thought

According to certain pundits, we have entered the Age of Aquarius, although an exact date of egress into that astrological sign differs from person to person. It’s also said that the universe is over 13.7 billion years old. Moreover, there are between 100 to 200 billion galaxies in our universe, with several estimates rising to 2 trillion. Furthermore, there are said to be about 51 galaxies in our local galaxy and about 100,000 that are observable. There is an estimate of 100 galaxies in the Local Supercluster with an estimate of 100 billion in the observable universe. Our galaxy, known as the Milky Way, is where we live. Regarding the foregoing, because of the characteristic dark areas in the Milky Way, it is difficult to actually count the number of stars in our galaxy. In addition scientists have a term that is used to measure distance; it is called a “Light Year.” This is the distance light travels in one year, which is 6 trillion miles! In addition to this incredibly huge number connected with the size of the universe, there is a theory that we really exist in a “Multiverse,” which is a number of universes. Now think about...