Thursday, October 13, 2016

Just when you thought we knew ...

Credit:  NASA, ESA/Hubble

Astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescopes and other telescopes have performed an accurate census of the number of galaxies in the Universe. The group came to the surprising conclusion that there are at least 10 times as many galaxies in the observable Universe as previously thought.

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Day 9 - Observatory Build - Polar Alignment

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