GEN.1:1 IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

PSALM 148 PRAISE THE LORD FROM THE HEAVENS;PRAISE HIM IN THE HEIGHTS PRAISE HIM,ALL HIS ANGELS,PRAISE HIM,SUN AND MOON PRAISE HIM ,ALL YOU STARS OF LIGHT! PRAISE HIM,YOU HEAVENS OF HEAVENS, AND YOU WATERS ABOVE THE HEAVENS! LET THEM PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD, FOR HE COMMANDED AND THEY WERE  CREATED. HE ALSO ESTABLISHED THEM FOREVER AND EVER:

PSALM 104:2 WHO COVER YOURSELF WITH LIGHT AS WITH A GARMENT WHO STRETCH OUT THE HEAVENS  LIKE A CURTAIN

PSALM 19:1 THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE  FIRMAMENT SHOWS HIS HANDIWORK

GALAXIES COME IN MANY DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES.THEERE ARE SPIRALS,BARRED SPIRALS AND ELLIPTICALS,SOME ARE SEEN EDGE-ON,LIKE FRISBEES IN FLIGHT,OTHERS RESEMBLE REVOLVING PINWHEELS.............

A LIGHT-YEAR IS A  UNIT OF LENGTH-NOT  OF TIME

ANDROMEDA NEAREST  NEIGHBOR IS ESTIMATED AT 2.2 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY

A GALAXY IS ESTIMATED AT 100,000 LIGHT YEARACROSS AVERAGE

THE SPEED OF LIGHT =186,000 MILES A SECOND

ONE LIGHT YEAR=THE DISTANTS LIGHT TRAVELS IN ONE YEAR 5,865,696,000,000 MILES