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The Milky Way galaxy has about 5 x 109 solar masses of gas in total. If 19 solar masses of that gas is turned into stars each year, how many more years could the Milky Way keep up with such a star formation rate? years (Note for comparison that the age of the universe is about 13.5 billion years, which can be written 1.35e10 years. Also, the value given is in the ballpark of how much gas in the Milky Way is used to make new stars each year.)

The Milky Way galaxy has about 5 x 109 solar masses of gas in total. If 19 solar masses of that gas is turned into stars each year, how many more years could the Milky Way keep up with such a star formation rate? years (Note for comparison that the age of the universe is about 13.5 billion years, which can be written 1.35e10 years. Also, the value given is in the ballpark of how much gas in the Milky Way is used to make new stars each year.)

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**The Milky Way Galaxy's Star Formation Potential** The Milky Way galaxy has about \( 5 \times 10^9 \) solar masses of gas in total. If 19 solar masses of that gas are turned into stars each year, how many more years could the Milky Way keep up with such a star formation rate? \[ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \text{ years} \] (Note for comparison that the age of the universe is about 13.5 billion years, which can be written as \( 1.35 \times 10^{10} \) years. Also, the value given is an approximation of how much gas in the Milky Way is used to make new stars each year.)
Transcribed Image Text:**The Milky Way Galaxy's Star Formation Potential** The Milky Way galaxy has about \( 5 \times 10^9 \) solar masses of gas in total. If 19 solar masses of that gas are turned into stars each year, how many more years could the Milky Way keep up with such a star formation rate? \[ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \text{ years} \] (Note for comparison that the age of the universe is about 13.5 billion years, which can be written as \( 1.35 \times 10^{10} \) years. Also, the value given is an approximation of how much gas in the Milky Way is used to make new stars each year.)
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