The Hubble
Deep Field
Almost all
the points of light here are not individual stars...but
galaxies, with each galaxy containing billions of stars!
This is the true picture of space, the one that God views,
courtesy of the amazing Hubble space telescope, which
focuses on one tiny point of space for weeks and reveals the
reality of the Cosmos. Many of these galaxies are much
different now, or even long gone into oblivion as we are
seeing them back in time, as they existed millions to
billions of years ago due to the immense distance that light
has to travel to arrive here!

There are more stars in
the universe than there are grains of sand on the earth! Our
galaxy alone, the Milky Way, is nearly beyond comprehension
to grasp in size and amount of stars, and it is only one of
hundreds of billions of galaxies. Why did God make so many?!
Many physicists and cosmologists have concluded that we need
such a huge universe, with every star being essential
for life on earth! "Approximately one
hundred-billion-trillion stars we observe in the universe-no
more and no less-are needed for life to be possible in the
universe. God invested heavily in living creatures. he
constructed all these stars and carefully crafted them
throughout the age of the universe so that at this brief
moment in the history of the cosmos humans could exist and
have a pleasant place to live. Hugh Ross B.S.
Physics / Ph.D. Astronomy from The Creator & the
Cosmos
One more amazing fact to
consider is this; Even though every star, every planet,
every moon within every galaxy takes up enormous mass in the
universe....the total amount is only a small fraction of the
actual size of space itself! Most of the actual mass and
contents of space is unknown! It is what scientists call
"Dark Energy" and "Dark Matter". It is dark because it
cannot be detected, however, its presence is revealed by its
gravitational effect.
Please read my
"Dark Energy & the Hand of God" for my take
on this mysterious force. We live in an amazing world, both
in the micro and the macro, as well as our everyday
experience all around us!
I am not a scientist,
(I just play one on TV...just kidding) but just well read up
on the subject. My heroes have never been cowboys, and I
don't care for sports much, but Mr. Spock & Data....they are
so cool! My hope and goal is to present science and everyday
wonders through a beautiful grid of faith and grace which
reveals a personal loving God who we can know through Jesus.
John Boda