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    Paris (AFP) - Observable universe contains two trillion galaxies, 10 times more than previously thought.

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/rel…

    • trillionnnns and trillionnnns_niko
    • just saw this! holy fucking shit.sarahfailin
    • We're the only ones. ;)BH26
    • if faster than light travel/communication is utterly impossible, it doesn't really make much difference how many galaxies there are, in relation to aliens...detritus
    • ...as we can only plausibly make useful contact with those that may be in our own galaxy or perhaps one over, like Andromeda.detritus
    • And even then we're talking timespans of many hundreds ot thousands of years for every one-way trip.detritus
    • ..which saddens me - I'd much rather hope that FTL is possible.. but the older I get the more I don't think it's going to be the case. :(detritus
    • (Just getting that in before 'someone' goads me for being so narrow-minded and stupid as to disbelieve the self-evident truth of aliens here, now...)detritus
    • more space stuff than previously thought foreverBrokenHD

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