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Roughly how many billion galaxies are estimated in the observable universe?

At least 200

Background

The observable universe is thought to hold at least 200 billion galaxies. Newer studies even suggest up to two trillion may be possible. Each galaxy on its own often has hundreds of billions of stars. Seen this way, our Milky Way is just a tiny dot.

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