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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Scientists Find 200 Sextillion More Stars in the Sky

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/01/scientists-sextillion-stars/The night sky may be a lot starrier than we thought.A study suggests the universe could have triple the number of stars scientists previously calculated. For those of you counting at home, the new estimate is 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion.The study questions a key assumption that astronomers often use: that most galaxies have the same properties as our Milky Way. And that's creating a bit of a stink among astronomers who want a more orderly cosmos.


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