Why is my code only working sometimes?

This code is supposed to find the sum of the digits in the number 2^1000. However, it returns a decimal that is way off. And, for some reason, if 2^15 or 2^4 or other smaller exponents are used, the code works perfectly. Why is it taking exception with 1000 as an exponent??
public double TwoToTheThousand() { //Adds all the digits together of the number 2^1000
double tens = 10.0;
double sum = 0.0;
double num = Math.pow(2, 1000);
double temp = Math.pow(2, 1000);
for(double a = 0; a > -1; a++) {
if(tens/10 > num)
return sum;
sum += ((num % tens)/(tens/10.0));
num -= (temp%tens);
temp = num;
tens*=10.0;
return -1.0;
}

Are you sure that Double can hold such a huge number?
I don't think so...
Edited by: sadrayan on Oct 7, 2008 7:46 AM

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