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70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Stars Out There

Posted by michael on from the fermi's-paradox dept.

ChopsMIDI writes "Ever wanted to wish upon a star? Well, you have 70,000 million million million to choose from. That's the total number of stars in the known universe, according to a study by Australian astronomers. It's also about 10 times as many stars as grains of sand on all the world's beaches and deserts."

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  1. SCO probably owns 80 of them by VXD_Error · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Im sure out of 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars SCO will claim 80 of them and then try to claim the rights to the universe or better yet, charge us for being on their property.