Scientists are trying to figure out the mass of the galaxy and dark matter's contribution. The numbers are so great, there really isn't anyway a human mind can truly comprehend. For small perspective, the earth is 1/330,000th the size of the sun. Our sun, is only one out of 100B suns in our galaxy (not universe, galaxy). All those suns only come out to about 4% of the mass of the galaxy, with 3 times that much as just floating gas. The remaining 84% of that is dark matter.
When talking about the universe, our galaxy is only one of an estimated 200 billion.
Here's a good article visualizing what they are talking about:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/4/2/18282606/milky-way-mass-stars-dark-matter
Thought I'd share something not politics related (though I'm sure we will get there eventually if this thread has more than 3 posts).
When talking about the universe, our galaxy is only one of an estimated 200 billion.
Here's a good article visualizing what they are talking about:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/4/2/18282606/milky-way-mass-stars-dark-matter
Thought I'd share something not politics related (though I'm sure we will get there eventually if this thread has more than 3 posts).
