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The universe may glitter with far more stars than even Carl Sagan imagined when he rhapsodized about billions upon billions. A new study suggests there are a mind-blowing 300 sextillion of them, or three times as many as scientists previously calculated. That is a 3 followed by 23 zeros. Or 3 trillion times 100 billion. LINK : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101202/ap_on_sc/us_sci_starry_night;_ylt =ArI6.D8TDaas0Marly.iLoWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNms2c2NmBHBvcwM5NARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3NjaWVuY2UEc2xrA3N0YXJyeXN0YXJyeQ– added by: GoldenHeart