There Might be Fewer Galaxies out in the Universe Than Expected

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For the last 25 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has allowed us to look deep into the universe, helping us resolve some long-standing mysteries – such as the prevalence of black holes – whilst raising more questions about others. It also simply allowed us to see more of what’s out there, fanning theories of thousands of far away galaxies too dim to properly make out. But new research indicates that we might have been overestimating this.