How Big Is the Universe? A Creation Science Wonder Moment for Kids
A companion post to Episode 1: "The First Six Days"
In Episode 1, "The First Six Days," Levi and Ember don't just read about Creation Week — they pause partway through to ask a question every curious kid eventually asks while staring up at a clear night sky: just how big is the universe God made?
It's a big question. Literally.
Bigger Than We Can Picture
Here's a fun way to try and picture it: if you could drive a car to the sun — about 93 million miles away — going 60 miles an hour without ever stopping, it would take you over 175 years to get there. And the sun is one of the closest stars to us.
Light itself, which travels faster than anything we know of, takes about 8 minutes to reach us from the sun. But light from some of the stars Levi and Ember point out in their Wonder Moment has been traveling for thousands of years just to reach our eyes tonight.
Scientists estimate there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth combined. That's the kind of number that's less "let's count them" and more "let's just stand in awe."
What the Bible Says About the Stars
Long before telescopes, Scripture already pointed to just how vast and purposeful the night sky is:
"He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name." — Psalm 147:4
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." — Psalm 19:1
"Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name." — Isaiah 40:26
Genesis 1:14–19 tells us God made "two great lights" — the sun and the moon — plus the stars, on the fourth day of Creation Week, "to serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years." The scale of what we now know about the universe doesn't shrink that account — it makes it more remarkable. A God who could speak a universe that size into being in a single day is exactly the kind of God worth being in awe of.
A Question Scientists Still Explore
One question families sometimes ask when they learn how far away some stars are: if the universe is young, like the Bible describes, how does light from so far away already reach us?
It's a great question, and a respectful one — and scientists have spent real time on it. Researchers connected with organizations like Answers in Genesis have proposed several different models over the years for how starlight could reach Earth quickly in a universe that isn't billions of years old. It's an area of honest, ongoing scientific inquiry, not a gap swept under the rug — and it's a great conversation to have with older kids who are ready to dig deeper.
For families who want to explore this further, Answers in Genesis has a number of family-friendly astronomy resources worth checking out together.
Watch the Wonder Moment
Want to watch Levi and Ember's full Wonder Moment segment — plus the whole Creation Week story that leads up to it? Catch Episode 1 now:
Levi & Ember: Wonders of Creation is a faith-based animated series for kids, pairing Bible stories with real creation science, one Wonder Moment at a time. New episodes coming soon — subscribe so you don't miss the next one.
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