If you could count stars at a rate of about one per second, how long would it take to count all the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy?
A) Several days
B) Several weeks
C) Several years
D) Several thousand years

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There are estimated to be about 100 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. If we take the average of 250 billion stars and divide that by the rate of one star per second, it would take approximately 7,922.2 years to count all the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Therefore, the best choice is D, several thousand years.

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