Friday, May 16, 2008

4,600,000,000,000,000 Watts per Cubic Light Year

That is the average amount of energy produced by the universe according to a new estimate, which is twice as much as previously expected. Here on Earth we can only see on average 2,600,000,000,000,000 Watts per Cubic Light Year due to the dust that permeates the universe. Since light emission is an important yardstick for determining distances, composition, and all other sorts of stuff, this revelation may have some profound impacts on our understanding of the stars.



Cubic Light Year is my new Unit of choice

1 comment:

Bulltrout said...

I challenge anyone on PS to find a larger (and more awesome) unit of measurement.