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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

1 trillion stars in the Andromeda galaxy

The astronomers confirmed that there are roughly 1 trillion stars in the galaxy.
Our Milky Way galaxy is estimated to house a couple of hundred billion stars.
NASA - Andromeda Adrift in Sea of Dust in New NASA Image
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/spitzer-20060605.html