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Oct 29, 2012

Number of cells in a human body vs. stars in Milky Way galaxy

The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy 100,000–120,000 light-years in diameter containing 200–400 billion stars. The human body … consists of an estimated 20 to 30 trillion cells. This means there are approximately 75 times more cells in a human body than stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Amazing! (Adapted from Wikipedia Encyclopedia and Encarta Encyclopedia)