Compare the amount of human and galaxy cells in the universe

No one can count the exact number of cells and galaxies, so every given figure is an estimate. However, based on estimates, humans have more cells than galaxies in the universe.

Compare the amount of cells in the human body and the number of galaxies in the universe

According to the New York Times, scientists have counted the exact number of cells in several multicellular organisms.Caeorhabdities elegans , the tiny transparent worm is the first multicellular organism to count the number of cells and give the complete genetic structure.

Humans have more cells than galaxies in the universe.(Photos: NG)

They counted it as 1,031 cells in adult males and 959 cells in adult bisexuals. This species has no children. However, counting human body cells is much more difficult.

In an article published in 2013, Italian scholar Eva Bianconi, Bologna University, and colleagues showed how to calculate the number of cells in an "average person" . Accordingly, the "average person " is 30 years old, weighs 70 kg, is 1.7 m high, the body surface is 1.85 m2.

Human cells have many sizes and different densities, distributed in many areas. Therefore, scientists counted cells in different areas such as skin, blood, viscera, and estimated number of cell packs.

As a result, Dr. Bianconi and colleagues concluded that each person had about 3.72 x 1013 cells, equivalent to 37.2 trillion cells.

French learners count the number of galaxies in the universe by comparison. They look at the Hubble telescope into a certain position in the universe, calculate the area of ​​that area and count the number of visible galaxies, then multiply together to estimate the number of galaxies in the universe. that people observe.

Galaxies merge over time, or the universe relaxes, so the amount of galaxies is a variable . However, we only talk about the observable universe. Therefore, scientists estimate that there are between 100 and 200 billion galaxies in the universe.

Finally, they compared the estimated highest number of galaxies in the universe to 200 billion, with the lowest amount of cells in the human body being 1,000 billion. In conclusion, the amount of human body cells is 800 billion more than the known galaxy in the universe.