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[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Going by the top Duck duck go results for "how many stars in our galaxy" and "how many trees in the world":
"According to Jos de Bruijne, a scientist at the European Space Agency (ESA), the current estimate is between 100 to 400 billion stars."
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"There are an estimated 3.04 trillion trees in the world."

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, if you think of it, stars are relatively rare in a galaxy when compared to living beings which are born to procreate. But once you go out to universe, it becomes true.