Topic: Pieter van Dokkum
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Cool Astronomy
Sextillion is the word with new star discovery
Sextillion: Astronomers now say there are 300 sextillion stars. That's 200 sextillion more than previously thought.
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Universe might hold three times more stars than previously thought
A new study suggests that a specific kind of galaxy might hold 10 times more red dwarf stars than estimated. That would triple projections for the number of stars in the observable universe, with implications for explanations of how stars and galaxies form and evolve.
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