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*[[Astronomer]]s estimate<ref name="ESA-2020">{{cite web |author=Staff |title=How many stars are there in the Universe? |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Herschel/How_many_stars_are_there_in_the_Universe |date=2020 |work=[[European Space Agency]] |accessdate=January 17, 2020 }}</ref> that there are as many as "One [[Names of large numbers#Standard dictionary numbers|Septillion]]" ({{val|1e24}} or, 1 with 24 zeros) [[star]]s in the [[Observable universe|observable universe]] – more stars<ref name="SWIN-20020201">{{cite web |last=Mackie |first=Glen |title=To see the Universe in a Grain of Taranaki Sand  |url=https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~gmackie/billions.html |date=February 1, 2002 |work=[[w:Swinburne University of Technology|Swinburne University of Technology]] |accessdate=January 17, 2020 }}</ref> (and Earth-like planets)<ref name="CNET-20150319">{{cite news |last=Mack |first=Eric |title=There may be more Earth-like planets than grains of sand on all our beaches - New research contends that the Milky Way alone is flush with billions of potentially habitable planets -- and that's just one sliver of the universe. |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/the-milky-way-is-flush-with-habitable-planets-study-says/ |date=March 19, 2015 |work=[[CNET]] |accessdate=February 11, 2021 }}</ref> than all the grains of beach sand on our planet [[Earth]].<!---{{val|1e100}} stars estimated in the entire (observed and unobserved) universe<ref name="SR-20200203">{{cite journal |last=Totani |first=Tomonori |title=Emergence of life in an inflationary universe |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-58060-0 |date=3 February 2020 |work=[[Scientific Reports]] |volume=10 |number=1671 |doi=10.1038/s41598-020-58060-0 |accessdate=15 March 2020 }}</ref>--->

*[[Astronomer]]s confirm<ref name="EPE-2020">{{cite web |author=Staff |title=The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia - Catalog |url=http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/ |date=2020 |work=[[w:The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia|The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia]] |accessdate=January 17, 2020 }}</ref> (as of June 1, 2022<!---{{Extrasolar planet counts|asof|mdy}}--->) => 5,059 <!---{{Extrasolar planet counts|planet_count}}---> [[exoplanet]]s (in 3,733 <!---{{Extrasolar planet counts|system_count}}---> [[w:Planetary systems|exoplanet systems]] and 824 <!---{{Extrasolar planet counts|multiplanetsystem_count}}---> [[w:List of multiplanetary_systems|multi-exoplanetary systems]]) – after studying only a very small portion of the starry sky.
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[[File:NGC7293 (2004).jpg|thumb|right|85px|<div align="center">[[Nebula]]</div>]]

*The [[NASA]] [[Exploration of Mars|probes]] [[w:Template:Features and artificial objects on Mars|currently active]] on the planet [[Mars]] (as of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}) are the following:<br>[[File:CuriosityIcon.png|Perseverance rover|link=Perseverance rover]] [[w:Perseverance rover|''Perseverance'' rover]] & [[w:Ingenuity (helicopter)|''Ingenuity'' helicopter]] => {{Perseverance Mission Timer}} [[w:Timekeeping on Mars#Sols|sols]] ({{age in days|2021|02|18}} [[days]]) ({{Age in years and days|18 February 2021}}) (landed February 18, 2021).<br />[[File:CuriosityIcon.png|Curiosity rover|link=Curiosity rover]] [[Curiosity rover|''Curiosity'' rover]] => {{Curiosity Mission Timer}} [[w:Timekeeping on Mars#Sols|sols]] ({{age in days|2012|08|06}} [[days]]) ({{Age in years and days|06 August 2012}}) (landed August 6, 2012).<br> <!---[[File:PhoenixIcon.png|InSight|link=InSight]] [[w:InSight|''InSight'' lander]] => {{age in sols|2018|11|26}} [[w:Timekeeping on Mars#Sols|sols]] ({{age in days|2018|11|26}} [[days]]) ({{Age in years and days|26 November 2018}}) (landed November 26, 2018).<br>---> (<small>[[:File:PIA15882-Mars Curiosity Rover-USA-Flag.jpg|USA flag on Mars]] &ndash; [[Atmosphere of Mars|Mars Weather]]: [https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/weather/ ''Perseverance'']*[https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/ ''Curiosity'']*[https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/ ''InSight'']<!---({{small|[http://www.csgnetwork.com/temp2conv.html TempConv]}})--->  &ndash; [[w:Mars Rocks|Mars rocks]] &ndash; [https://1drv.ms/i/s!AqhU0NUItzpWgrgd6WtEs2_rMofSaw Martians found?]<ref name="360C-2020">{{cite web |author=Staff |title=Martians on Mars found by the Curiosity rover |url=http://www.360pano.eu/show/?id=735 <!--- best => https://www.360cities.net/image/martians-on-mars-panorama#400.80,11.30,56.0 --- default => https://www.360cities.net/image/martians-on-mars-panorama#250.80,11.30,56.0 --- image => https://archive.ph/zpm8Z ---> |date=2020 |work=360cities.net |accessdate=January 17, 2020 }}</ref></small>).

*A [[Spacecraft|spaceship]] from planet [[Earth]] speeding 165,000 miles an hour (as fast as our [[Juno (spacecraft)|fastest one]]),<ref name="SPC-20160824">{{cite web |last=Cofield |first=Calla |title=How We Could Visit the Possibly Earth-Like Planet Proxima b |url=https://www.space.com/33844-proxima-b-exoplanet-interstellar-mission.html |date=August 24, 2016 |work=[[w:Space.com|Space.com]] |accessdate=January 17, 2020 }}</ref> would take nearly 20,000 years<ref name="SPC-20160824" /><ref name="LJ-2020">{{cite web |last=Bogdan |first=Dr. Dennis |title=Calculation - Time to nearest star |url=https://drbogdan.livejournal.com/1575.html#cutid2 |date=2020 |work=[[LiveJournal]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821004029/https://drbogdan.livejournal.com/1575.html |archivedate=August 20, 2020 |accessdate=January 17, 2020 }}</ref> to travel beyond our [[Solar System]] to the nearest star [[Proxima Centauri]] – with no worthy place to land.

*[[Spaceship Earth|Spaceship planet Earth]] is speeding about [[w:Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2019 July 20#How fast are we moving through space?|"One Million" miles an hour]]<!---between 0.8 - 1.9 M mph---><ref name="NASA-2007">{{cite web |last=Fraknoi |first=Andrew |title=How Fast Are You Moving When You Are Sitting Still? |url=https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/HowFast.pdf |date=2007 |work=[[NASA]] |accessdate=January 17, 2020 }}</ref> through [[Outer space|outer space]] and, along with the rest of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]], is traveling toward [[Andromeda Galaxy]]. <small>([[:en:Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2019 July 20#How fast are we moving through space?|WikiTalk]])</small>.
[[File:Halobacteria.jpg|thumb|right|85px|<div align="center">[[Archaea]]</div>]]

*The [[Universe]] contains [[life]] – on planet [[Earth]] – [[Exoplanet|at least]] – and – we are not alone –  [[Microorganism|life abounds]] – [[Human|wherever we are]] – [[Human microbiota|with microorganisms]] – at the very minimum.<ref name="NYT-20120614">{{cite news |last=Kolata |first=Gina |title=In Good Health? Thank Your 100 Trillion Bacteria |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/health/human-microbiome-project-decodes-our-100-trillion-good-bacteria.html |date=June 14, 2012 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=January 17, 2020 }}</ref>

*[[Biologist]]s [[Template:Life timeline|currently understand]] that [[microorganism]]s were the [[Earliest known life forms|only known life forms]] present during the [[Template:Life timeline|earliest 85% of time]] since the planet [[Earth]] was formed [[Age of the Earth|4.54 billion years ago]] – [[Plant]]s and [[Animal]]s appear much more recently – in the [[Template:Life timeline|latest 15% of time]] – [[Homo sapiens#Anatomical modernity|Modern Human]]s, much more recently yet – in less than the [[Template:Human timeline|latest 0.005% of time]].

*[[Biologist]]s have estimated that over 99%<ref name="NYT-20141108">{{cite news |last=Novacek |first=Michael J. |title=Prehistory’s Brilliant Future |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/opinion/sunday/prehistorys-brilliant-future.html |date=November 8, 2014 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=January 17, 2020 }}</ref> of [[Species|all species]] of [[w:Outline of life forms|life forms]] that [[Earliest known life forms|have ever lived]] on planet [[Earth]] are now [[extinct]].

*[[Chemist]]s have determined that [[Life|all life forms]] on planet [[Earth]] are based on [[DNA|one particular chemical]] – with [[w:Outline of biology|astronomical variations]].<ref name="DB-20200216">{{cite news |last=Bogdan |first=Dr. Dennis |title=The one particular chemical is [[Nucleic acid|Nucleic Acid]] - a basic chemical for all known life forms - in the form of [[DNA]] - and/or - [[RNA]] - that defines - by way of a particular [[genetic code|genetic code sequence]] - all the astronomically diverse known life forms on Earth - all such known life forms are essentially a variation of this particular Nucleic Acid chemical that, at a very basic level, has been uniquely coded for a specific known life form.<!--- |url=---> |date=February 16, 2020 |work=[[User:Drbogdan|Dr. Dennis Bogdan]]<!---|accessdate=February 16, 2020--->}}</ref><ref name="NIH-2002">{{cite book |last1=Berg |first1=J.M. |last2=Tymoczko |first2=J.L. |last3=Stryer |first3=L. |title=Chapter 5. DNA, RNA, and the Flow of Genetic Information|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21171/ |date=2002 |work=Biochemistry. 5th edition. |accessdate=February 16, 2020 }}</ref><!--- – and include viruses on Earth that, in sum, are estimated to be more than all the stars in the Universe;<ref name="NG-20200415">{{cite news |last=Wu |first=Katherine J. |title=There are more viruses than stars in the universe. Why do only some infect us? - More than a quadrillion quadrillion individual viruses exist on Earth, but most are not poised to hop into humans. Can we find the ones that are? |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/04/factors-allow-viruses-infect-humans-coronavirus/ |date=April 15, 2020 |work=[[National Geographic Society]] |accessdate=May 14, 2020 }}</ref> which, in turn, are considered to be more numerous than all the grains of beach sand<ref name="SWIN-20020201" /> on the planet Earth.--->

* [[Physicist]]s have estimated that there is about {{val|1e82}} (1 with 82 zeros) [[atom]]s<ref name="LS-20210711">{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Harry |title=How many atoms are in the observable universe? |url=https://www.livescience.com/how-many-atoms-in-universe.html |date=11 July 2021 |work=[[w:Live Science|LiveScience]] |accessdate=11 July 2021 }}</ref> in the [[w:observable Universe|observable Universe]], and that additionally, at least 99.9999999%<ref name="SA-20160923">{{cite web |last=Sundermier |first=Ali |title=99.9999999% of Your Body Is Empty Space |url=https://www.sciencealert.com/99-9999999-of-your-body-is-empty-space |date=September 23, 2016 |work=[[w:ScienceAlert|ScienceAlert]] |accessdate=January 17, 2020 }}</ref> of all the [[matter]] in the [[Universe]], [[w:Orders of magnitude (length)#Subatomic scale|from the very small to the very large]], is [[Space|empty space]].
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https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Herschel/How_many_stars_are_there_in_the_Universe
https://archive.ph/qq35Q
https://web.archive.org/web/20200113064725/http://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Herschel/How_many_stars_are_there_in_the_Universe

https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~gmackie/billions.html
https://archive.ph/KGQa0
https://web.archive.org/web/20191015052236/http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~gmackie/billions.html

http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/
https://archive.ph/fFXrs
https://web.archive.org/web/20200114081905/http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/

http://cab.inta-csic.es/rems/marsweather.html
https://archive.ph/fOre5
https://web.archive.org/web/20190810014826/http://cab.inta-csic.es/rems/marsweather.html

https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/
https://archive.ph/8EhXR
https://web.archive.org/web/20200114084100/https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/

http://www.360pano.eu/show/?id=735
https://archive.ph/CTthY
https://web.archive.org/web/20190811184252/https://www.360cities.net/image/martians-on-mars-panorama

https://www.space.com/33844-proxima-b-exoplanet-interstellar-mission.html
https://archive.ph/KDjeO
https://web.archive.org/web/20200109104500/https://www.space.com/33844-proxima-b-exoplanet-interstellar-mission.html

https://drbogdan.livejournal.com/1575.html#cutid2
https://archive.ph/wUsO4
https://web.archive.org/web/20121024081029/http://drbogdan.livejournal.com/1575.html

https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/HowFast.pdf
https://archive.ph/oHEw9
https://web.archive.org/web/20200117211458/https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/HowFast.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261562461_How_Fast_Are_You_Moving_When_You_Are_Sitting_Still
https://archive.ph/wip/BENxs
https://web.archive.org/web/20200117211358/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261562461_How_Fast_Are_You_Moving_When_You_Are_Sitting_Still

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/health/human-microbiome-project-decodes-our-100-trillion-good-bacteria.html
https://archive.ph/wip/AS571
https://web.archive.org/web/20200117211230/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/health/human-microbiome-project-decodes-our-100-trillion-good-bacteria.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/opinion/sunday/prehistorys-brilliant-future.html
https://archive.ph/wip/xTATz
https://web.archive.org/web/20190502233110/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/opinion/sunday/prehistorys-brilliant-future.html

https://www.livescience.com/how-many-atoms-in-universe.html
https://archive.ph/wip/Om9CA
https://web.archive.org/web/20210711132956/https://www.livescience.com/how-many-atoms-in-universe.html

https://www.sciencealert.com/99-9999999-of-your-body-is-empty-space
https://archive.ph/H3fpf
https://web.archive.org/web/20190920164303/https://www.sciencealert.com/99-9999999-of-your-body-is-empty-space

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