Surprise! The universe has 10 times as many galaxies as scientists thought

Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 18:51 in Astronomy & Space

The universe just got a lot more crowded. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope say that there are around two trillion galaxies in the cosmos — at least 10 times higher than previously thought. The findings, to be published in the Astrophysical Journal, shed light on the evolution of...

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