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> But there are many more galaxies in the observable universe … somewhere between 2 and 20 trillion A bit less officially, need to remove one zero [1] [1] htt
by jajko 2y ago
> But there are many more galaxies in the observable universe … somewhere between 2 and 20 trillion
A bit less officially, need to remove one zero [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%20there,galaxies%20in%20the%20observable%20universe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy#:~:text=It%20is%20estim...
- Tepix 2y agoThere are more recent estimates going from 6-20 trillion now: https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/galaxies-in-universe/ https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/galaxies-in-universe...
- hnuser123456 2y agoThat article is going beyond the observable universe, other comments were talking about within it.
- Tepix 2y agoWhat makes you think that? I quote: > "Instead, based on what we see around nearby Milky Way analogues, there ought to be at least 6 trillion galaxies contained within the observable Universe, and it’s plausible that a number that’s more like ~20 trillion"