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Stars In The Universe


How many stars are there in the universe?
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There are about 10 billion (10^10) stars in an average galaxy, 
and there are about 10 billion galaxies that we can observe in the universe, 
so the answer is 100 billion billion or 10^20.
John Hawley
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