Universe holds billions more stars than previously thought

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Universe holds billions more stars than previously thought
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Evil	Dec 3 2010, 06:55 AM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 2,968 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Region RP Name: Evil Cenotopia Space RP Name: Greys	Quote: Hidden within ancient, oversized galaxies are enough dwarf stars to triple the estimated number of stars in the universe, astronomers reported Wednesday. Quote: "A typical star in the universe, we can now say, is in an elliptical galaxy," says study lead author Pieter van Dokkum of Yale. "The surprising thing is only now are we getting a handle on a fundamental thing like the number of stars in the sky." Based on a survey of eight nearby elliptical galaxies, he says the universe likely contains some 300 sextillion stars (that's 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars for folks who like big numbers), triple previous estimates. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2010-12-01-dwarf-stars_N.htm
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