Cosmic chaos: What goes down in the universe while you blink

You blink for a sec, but the universe? It’s out here throwing a nonstop party, doing wild stuff we can't even imagine

1. Stars are born and go boom 💥

   It takes just 0.25 seconds to blink—that's faster than snapping your fingers. In that split second, 15,000 stars are born while 300 stars explode in crazy supernovae. Basically, the universe is throwing a nonstop cosmic party with new stars showing up and old ones going out with a bang.

2. The sun is a beast 💪

   During one blink, the Sun burns 175 million (17.5 Crore) tons of hydrogen and pumps out 96 septillion (96 Crore Crore Crore) joules of energy—that’s a number so big it’ll break your calculator several times. All that power keeps us alive, drives the weather, and even makes the Moon glow at night. The Sun is like the ultimate energy influencer.

3. Black holes and rebel planets emerge 🕳️

   30 black holes are born, and 15 million rogue planets go full wanderlust, floating through space with no star to orbit. Black holes are the universe's secret portals, and those rogue planets? They're like the loners of the galaxy, just doing their own thing.

4. The universe goes turbo mode 🚀
   In the time it takes to blink, the universe expands by 527,250 kilometers, and the Milky Way zooms ahead 250 kilometers while getting 125 meters bigger. It’s like everything is on cosmic steroids, constantly growing, moving, and reshaping.

5. Light travels ridiculous distances 🌠

   Light doesn't chill—it moves 74,948 kilometers in a blink, which is almost twice around Earth. That’s how we can see starlight that’s been traveling for billions of years. Basically, every blink is a glimpse into the universe's deep history.