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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. I'm sure Lonely Math Geeks love this number by Bishop923 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Forget this million million million crap... It's 70 sexillion