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That lines up with estimates taught to me. 10^87 most of them hydrogen and helium. It is a staggering number. Deck of cards has 10^67 combination. While that too is a staggering number the other number has this many more digits:

00000000000000000000

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May the Fourth, Kessel Run, & all that shit

The Moon thread inspired me to post more space pics. The Veil Nebula:

Wrap your head around that

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There are pulsars (rapidly spinning neutron stars) that are so powerful and regular that they can be used as a universal GPS even though they can be located in galaxies very distant from ours.

The most powerful cosmic ray detected (likely a single proton) had the equivalent energy of a fast pitched baseball.

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Maillard reaction

learned thanks to the heel of the bread thread

The Ukranian drone tech is scary cool

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