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300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?

 
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300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
Let's say each star has 9 planets. There are obviously life forms lower than us, about the same as us, and so far advanced our brains couldn't even comprehend them. The odds say it has to be.

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON – The night sky may be a lot starrier than we thought. A study suggests the universe could have triple the number of stars scientists previously calculated. For those of you counting at home, the new estimate is 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion.

The study questions a key assumption that astronomers often use: that most galaxies have the same properties as our Milky Way. And that's creating a bit of a stink among astronomers who want a more orderly cosmos.

It's one of two studies being published online Wednesday in the journal Nature that focus on red dwarf stars, the most common stars in the universe. The study that offers the new estimate on stars is led by a Yale University astronomer. He calculates that there are far more red dwarfs than previously thought, and that inflates the total star count.

A second study led by a Harvard University scientist focuses on a distant "super Earth" planet and sees clues to the content of its atmosphere — the first of this kind of data for this size planet. It orbits a red dwarf.


[link to news.yahoo.com]
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
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Two thousand years ago, a Roman Senator suggested that all slaves wear white armbands to better identify them.
-"No," said a wiser Senator. "If they see how many of them there are, they may revolt."
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
spock
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I wonder if Spock ever nailed a big Klingon woman?
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
The bible says we are alone so we are.

Space is just there to make us question god, a trick of the devil.
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
it is ludicrous to think we are alone, it defies all logic and common sense.
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
The bible says we are alone so we are.

Space is just there to make us question god, a trick of the devil.
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The Bible says we are God's children.

It doesn't say we are all his children.
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
Yes we are. Not a single confirmed contact with another race or any life on another planet.
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
Yes we are. Not a single confirmed contact with another race or any life on another planet.
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...and we've been all the way to the Moon.

Yes, that confirms it. We're alone.
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Negatory good buddy!
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
people say if we want proof to stop looking up and start looking here on earth
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
no.... I don't think we are alone. It would be wonderful to explore the varieties of life throughout the universe. Perhaps in my great grandchildren's generation.
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
The bible says we are alone so we are.

Space is just there to make us question god, a trick of the devil.
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wtf
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
Yes we are. Not a single confirmed contact with another race or any life on another planet.

...and we've been all the way to the Moon.

Yes, that confirms it. We're alone.
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but we have been searching radio waves to see if there is any sign of life. none found yet. so if there is something alive, maybe it isn't transmitting radio waves?
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
The bible says we are alone so we are.

Space is just there to make us question god, a trick of the devil.
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How the fuck am I born in a time and place where people like this exist?
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
What if the odds of life "evolving" even once in the universe are much greater than 300 sextillion to one? Because I believe they are.
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate..
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their country." Gen. George Washington
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
spock

I wonder if Spock ever nailed a big Klingon woman?
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No, it isn't logical laugh
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O-Space Rez
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How soon can we send him?
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
Let's say each star has 9 planets.
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Lets prove it.
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
The bible says we are alone so we are.

Space is just there to make us question god, a trick of the devil.

wtf
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People believe some truly weird shit, don't they?

For example. Some people believe this is the work of the Devil.

[link to www.spacetelescope.org]

Meanwhile, they also believe that the One True God contents himself with watching over a third rate planetoid, parked over at the edge of nowhere.

He watches over this planetoid, doing nothing, while his children happily murder each other, kill off his creations in air, land and sea, and turn said planet into a toxic garbage dump.

Strange.
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
Yup, it's just us. That tells you how big God really is!
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
I wouldn't be suprised that when James Webb telescope is finally launched in 2014, we discover that there is far more universe we know, a lot larger one than 13,7 billion light years in every direction.
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
The bible says we are alone so we are.

Space is just there to make us question god, a trick of the devil.



How the fuck am I born in a time and place where people like this exist?
 Quoting: DNAprototype


It's the only comment that makes sense so far.

All those light years of space between presumably intelligent life form the walls of our prison cell.

There certainly are others, and we are also ALONE.

No god in the sky to come down and save us folks.
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
I wouldn't be suprised that when James Webb telescope is finally launched in 2014, we discover that there is far more universe we know, a lot larger one than 13,7 billion light years in every direction.
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We're probably going to find a lot of things we didn't know were there.
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
For a minute I thought we were discussing Obama's budget...
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
Yes we are. Not a single confirmed contact with another race or any life on another planet.

...and we've been all the way to the Moon.

Yes, that confirms it. We're alone.
 Quoting: The Jug

tounge
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
The bible says we are alone so we are.

Space is just there to make us question god, a trick of the devil.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1171782



.............
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Yes we are. Not a single confirmed contact with another race or any life on another planet.
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That would be because ecosystems in the universe are SO far apart because they constitute very little of the universe.
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
Show me the f'kn UFO!!! A real one!!! NOPE!
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Re: 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion stars in the Universe. Think we're alone?
The bible says we are alone so we are.

Space is just there to make us question god, a trick of the devil.



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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 967932


And if you sail your boat too far away from land, you'll fall off the edge of the earth!





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