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Astronomers discover there are 10 times more galaxies than previously thought

11 pointsby flinnerover 8 years ago

4 comments

foucover 8 years ago
So 2 trillion galaxies. Now let&#x27;s multiply that by 1 trillion stars in the milky way galaxy alone [1]. And then multiply by 1.6 planets per star on average [2]. Sure is a whole lot of planets.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;dr-sten-odenwald&#x2F;number-of-stars-in-the-milky-way_b_4976030.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;dr-sten-odenwald&#x2F;number-of-sta...</a> [2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.space.com&#x2F;14200-160-billion-alien-planets-milky-galaxy.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.space.com&#x2F;14200-160-billion-alien-planets-milky-g...</a>
shireboyover 8 years ago
Does this change our theories around dark matter? If there is more observable matter does it mean there is less or no dark matter?
flinnerover 8 years ago
Video: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=eEbLT_U0XyY" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=eEbLT_U0XyY</a><p>Shows the history of Galaxy observation via HST and the latest news.
flinnerover 8 years ago
arXiv.org paper: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;1607.03909v2.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;1607.03909v2.pdf</a>