Friday, May 25, 2018

The Crowded Skies



Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day peers into galaxy cluster Abell S0740. The most prominent (elliptical) galaxy in the field of view contains about 100 billion stars. The rest of the galaxies visible contain at least as many (probably many more than that). How many civilizations are dancing on the heads of how many pins out there?

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