[at-l] 15 billion light yrs.

[brian@patriot.net (Brian C Merrell)]

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, t. wrote:

> if this won't make you feel small, nothing will!
>
[...]
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> and my favorite ....
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> * Number of stars within 15 billion light years = 2000 billion billion
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Thank you Carl Sagan. :)

> (just think of the number of planets orbiting these stars and the
> probability that life has formed on one of them!)
>

Thank you Jodie Foster. :)

-brian