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2010/12/2-2011/1/13 [Science/Space] UID:53986 Activity:nil
12/2    'Starry, starry, starry night: Star count may triple'
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101202/ap_on_sc/us_sci_starry_night
        'So the number of stars in the universe "is equal to all the cells in
        the humans on Earth, a kind of funny coincidence," Conroy said'
        Another coincidence is that 1 mole = 6.02 * 10^23.  So the number of
        stars = # of molecules in 1 gram of H2 gas.
        \_ More importantly... what does this mean for advocates of dark
           matter/energy? Do they even matter any more?
           \_ The supposition is that this larger number of stars will
              account for at least some of the dark matter.
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