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There 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-b
by Tepix 2y ago
There 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"