How many Galaxies are there in the universe?
Something that our astronomers do know is that the universe is way bigger than even our imagination would lead us to believe.
Initially using the hubble telescope it was estimated that there are about 120 billion galaxies. But this was only in the limited view we have of the universe, called “the observable universe”. The factual magnitude of the universe surpasses even our latest technology.
It is believed that ninety percent of the universe is unknown to us, we can only ponder the number of galaxies that could exist.
The current number of galaxies is estimated at 2 Trillion Galaxies.
How Many Galaxies are in the Universe?
Years ago when the great astronomer Galileo looked through his telescope into an ocean of stars, we were first introduced to our galaxy, The Milky Way. Since then the mere size of our universe has continued to baffle us.
Later in 1924, Edwin Hubble detected more fainter stars around nebulae. On further observation through this 100-inch telescope, he concluded that the seemingly fainter stars were too far away to be a part of our home galaxy. Further inspection into his curiosity led him to believe that we might not be the only galaxy in the universe.
Edwin Hubble created the Hubble telescope, which was a turning point in astronomy. The Hubble Telescope, located 525 km above the earth’s surface, helped us see into our galaxies’ past behaviour, formations, and destructions. It also helped assert that our universe is constantly expanding. Since this discovery, the universe’s expansion might also be slowing down significantly.