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One burning question from MeeSong in Brookline, Massachusetts asks about the number of stars in space. There are 6,000 visible stars on a clear night, but this is only a tiny fraction of what exists. Our universe contains clusters of stars, known as galaxies, that come in unique shapes and sizes. With an astounding 2 trillion galaxies and a rough total of 200 billion trillion stars in the universe, the vast cosmos holds an unimaginable number of celestial bodies.
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