There are more stars than grains of sand on Earth
The universe contains an estimated 1 septillion stars, dwarfing Earth's 750 quintillion grains of sand by a staggering 10,000 to 1 ratio.
Prepare to have your mind blown: there are far more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all of Earth's beaches! Our Milky Way galaxy alone holds an estimated 100-400 billion stars, and with roughly 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe, that totals about 1 septillion (10^24) stars.
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