Sentences with phrase «number of stars in»

The number of stars in our galaxy alone is — one is tempted to say «astronomical» — very very large: somewhere between 200 - 400 billion.

Where N is the number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy; fp is the fraction with planets; ne is the number of planets per star capable of supporting life; fl is the fraction of planets where life evolves; fi is the fraction where intelligent life evolves; and fc is the fraction that communicates; and fL is the fraction of the planet's life during which the communicating civilizations live.

The 2017 United Nations Clean Seas Campaign estimated that there are 51 trillion microplastic particles in the ocean today — 500 times more than the number of stars in our galaxy.

The number of stars in the sky, the number of carbon dioxide molecules in the atmosphere and the number of people on the planet are the impetus for my work.

Ratings vary by category, and the same card may receive a certain number of stars in one category and a higher or lower number in another.

They received the maximum number of stars in each category as well.

The Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic was held on Saturday (October 14) in Pacific Palisades, California, with a number of stars in attendance for the day of sport.

«If you look at the number of neurons in the brain and you multiply that by the number of connections between those neurons... it really starts to outpace the number of stars in the universe,» Leuthardt said.

This means that we have found a mechanism to sustain planet formation that applies to a significant number of stars in the Milky Way.

I believe 1000 ^ 8 is a generous estimate for the number of stars in the visible universe, so if we find that we can identify more than 8 independent 1/1000 conditions needed for the evolution of intelligent (technical) life then it looks like we'll have run out of candidate stars other than the sun and may count ourselves very fortunate to have beaten the staggering odds against being here at all.

The accurate asteroseismic determinations now available for large number of stars in the Kepler fields can be used to check and calibrate surface gravities that are currently being obtained spectroscopically for a huge numbers of stars targeted by large - scale spectroscopic surveys, such as the on - going Large Sky Area... ▽ More Asteroseismology allows for deriving precise values of surface gravity of stars.

This formidable subluminal speed would allow a starship to reach, within a human lifetime, a number of stars in the solar neighborhood.

The combination of 20 different building blocks — amino acids — results in an enormous variety of theoretically possible protein variants; many more than the estimated number of stars in the universe.

They say the number of stars in a system is determined during the earliest stage of star formation but critical processes occurring then are usually hidden by dense clouds of dust and gas.

Basically, you take the average number of stars in the galaxy and you ask what percentage have habitable planets.

However, the number of stars in the newborn GN - z11 is growing fast: The galaxy is forming stars at a rate about 20 times greater than the Milky Way does today [2].

This figure is nearly a thousand times as great as the number of stars in the Milky Way.

That is at least 1,000 times the number of stars in our galaxy.

Unlike Kepler, which surveyed a large number of stars in sparse detail to compile an exoplanetary census, TESS and CHEOPS will focus on bright, sunlike stars close to Earth, enabling researchers to explore the midorbit terra incognita.

That three - or - so - pound lump of soft tissue, housed within the cranium, has about 100 billion nerve cells or neurons (roughly equal to the number of stars in our galaxy), which form trillions of connections with each other, giving rise to millions of operations going on simultaneously.

Dubbed Dragonfly 44, this nearby group of stars (yellowish smudge at center of right image) was discovered just last year and apparently has less than 1 % the number of stars in our Milky Way galaxy.

The ICC tournament will begin just five days after the World Cup which would limit the number of stars in the competitions, if clubs see their players advance to the latter stages of the World Cup.

Malaga have been forced to sell a number of stars in the past, such as Santi Cazaorla and Martin Demichelis, due to financial issues.

It is clearly an analogy to indicate a large number, rather than an actual indication of an infinite number (by the way, the number of stars in the Universe must be infinite) unless Tropher believes there are an infinite number of grains of sand on Earth.....

To get an idea of the mystery and wonder which is a person, note that the number of elementary particles within a human body is 1027, whereas the number of stars in the observable universe is less, 1023; thus, there are 10,000 times more elementary particles in a human body than stars in the heavens.

«There are about 100 billion neurons in a human brain, which is about the same as the number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy.»

Not exact matches

The media love drone heroics, and Aeryon's flying robots have starred in a number of high - profile nail - biters: guiding a rescue mission to frozen Alaska; assisting in a drug bust in Central America; helping natural disaster victims in the Philippines and Nepal.

Allen has directed, written, and starred in a huge number of roles.

The chief and his band have built up the successful Nk» Mip Cellars, the first aboriginal - owned winery in North America; a par - 72 golf course; a 4.5 - star resort and spa and a number of other vibrant businesses.

There are more than 130 Amazon reviews, most of which are highly positive with the average number of stars coming in at an impressive 4.5 out of 5.

Bezos» presence would be awkward, obviously, given how aggressive his Washington Post has been in its reporting on Trump and how many times the reality show star turned President - elect has attacked Amazon on a number of issues.

That meant that Beats by Dre headphones — endorsed in commercials by a number of football stars — are effectively banned from NFL games, locker rooms, press conferences, and official events.

The star broke his own record last month for the number of three - pointers made in one season; he's already netted 339 balls so far this season, well exceeding the 286 he made in the previous year.

Speaking of checkpoint inhibitor drugs... Merck's star cancer immunotherapy treatment Keytruda is facing some troubling clinical trial incidents which have now compelled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to halt three studies of the drug in multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer, after a number of patient deaths.

Canwest's Sunday papers are survived by a few remaining Sunday editions across Canada — most notably the Sunday Star — but the 24 - hour news cycle will undoubtedly continue to force the number down, as sitting with the Sunday paper becomes more of an anachronism, in a country that never fully embraced the idea of a Sunday paper in the first place.

Physicists and Astronomers, numbering just 2,200 in Canada, are the smallest niche on this list, but their field is about all of time and space, from the stars to the atomic level.

Perhaps most impressive may have been the $ 124.5 million raked in by the young - adult weeper The Fault in our Stars, which was produced for only around $ 12 million — but still made more than a number of high - priced bombs like Warner Brothers» (TWX) Edge of Tomorrow.

The credit comparison site looked at 30 of the world's most popular cities and used data from TripAdvisor and the Michelin Guide to find the number of theaters, concert halls, museums, art galleries, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and Michelin - starred restaurants in each one.

Goldberg says the number may seem small — a news app isn't going to go viral — but touts a 4.5 - star rating in the App Store and an average session time of seven minutes.

Besides the Toronto Star newspaper and its affiliated website, Torstar owns daily and community newspapers throughout Ontario, a 56.4 per cent interest in VerticalScope and minority interests in a number of other companies.

The until - recently undefeated UFC fighter continued to bring new eyeballs to the sport; she starred in a number of major movies; she graced the cover of a slew of major magazines; she called out Floyd Mayweather and challenged her league's marijuana policy.

As I wrote in the Toronto Star this weekend, an increasing number of businesses are offering wellness sessions for employees on top of their regular drug and dental plans.

DWNLD landed a $ 12 million investment from Greylock Partners in September, and works with clients like Nylon, xoJane, and a number of YouTube stars and bloggers.

The numbers exclude the finances of rival titles including the Daily Express and the Daily Star that Trinity Mirror bought from media tycoon Richard Desmond in a # 127m deal earlier this year.

«The biggest consumers are politicians, their cronies, family and coteries,» says Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, an online news network that covers Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, adding there is a growing number of «movie stars, musical artists, con artists and a sizable population of religious adherents of the prosperity - preaching get - rich - quick Pentecostal stock» who are revelling in the bubbly.

Compared to other companies in the NYSE ARCA Gold Miners Index (GDM), Northern Star is a sector leader in a number of factors, including five - year cash flow return on invested capital.

Unlike a number of the events at Trump properties that have been featured in this list of Trump's conflicts of interest, the Red Cross Ball, which celebrated the organization's centennial anniversary, appears to have been scheduled before Trump even received the Republican nomination for president; a calendar listing on the website of the Coastal Star, a local newspaper covering events in the Palm Beach area, is recorded as having been placed in April 2016.

In growth - share - matrix terms, Peltz's plan was, in essence, to break up DuPont into a cash cow, a star, and a dog — and to eliminate some number of the bright prospects that might have been developed from innovations produced by centralized researcIn growth - share - matrix terms, Peltz's plan was, in essence, to break up DuPont into a cash cow, a star, and a dog — and to eliminate some number of the bright prospects that might have been developed from innovations produced by centralized researcin essence, to break up DuPont into a cash cow, a star, and a dog — and to eliminate some number of the bright prospects that might have been developed from innovations produced by centralized research.

Mario has starred in a number of spin - off games over the years that place him out of his platforming comfort zone.

ZeroFOX was founded in January of 2013 and has collected a number of industry awards including being recognized as the CRN's Top 10 Security Companies, 2013 Maryland Cyber Company of the Year, Winner of Chesapeake Regional Technology Council 2014 Rising Star Award, Winner of the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Venture Association Capital Connection TechBuzz show in Washington D.C., «Incubator Company of the Year» for the state of Maryland in June 2013, and Baltimore Business Journal's «Top 5 Cyber Companies to Watch», «20 Most Promising Security Companies» by CIO Review, and Daily Record's «Innovator of the Year».