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The Universe Has 20 Times More Galaxies Than We Thought (gizmodo.com)
A new study by a team of international astronomers has produced some astounding results: they concluded that the universe contains at least two trillion galaxies -- as much as 20 times more than previously thought. The study adds that 90 percent of all galaxies are hidden from us. This hidden portion can't be seen even with our most powerful telescopes. Gizmodo adds: Consequently, this means we also have to update the number of stars in the observable universe, which now numbers around 700 sextillion (that's a 7 with 23 zeros behind it, or 700 thousand billion billion). And that's just within the observable universe. Because the cosmos emerged some 13.8 billion years ago, we're only able to observe objects up to a certain distance from Earth. Anything outside this "Hubble Bubble" is invisible to us because the light from these distant objects simply haven't had enough time to reach us. It's difficult -- if not impossible -- to know how many galaxies reside outside this cosmological blind spot.
The Universe Has 20 Times More Galaxies Than We Thought
20 times more than YOU thought, perhaps, but not me. I hadn't thought.
It's criminals, it's rapists.
I'm going to build a wall to keep it out. And make Astronomers pay for it.
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Donny Fartpants.
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