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Just learned the newer estimate of galaxies in the visible Universe is 4T, ten times more than stars in the Milky Way; though, my guess is both estimates are too small.
EdEarl
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Dec 3, 2020
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Wow! More than four trillion galaxies in the visible universe !
There are more stars in the universe than every grain of sand on earth.
Castlepaloma
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Dec 3, 2020
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William Blake's poem.
It sounds beautiful.
I can only hear the voice of Carl Sagan when asked that question. 
p-nullifidian
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Dec 2, 2020
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Billions upon billions . . . .
Its more like the number of googolplex.
Billions and billions sounds too Trump like.
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