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At least. The total number comes in at about 2 trillion of them. Now, let me be clear. This doesn’t meant the Universe is 10 times bigger than we thought, or there are 10 times as many stars. I’ll explain—I mean, duh, it’s what I do—but to cut to the chase, what they found is that there are lots of teeny, faint galaxies very far away that have gone undetected. What the astronomers did was look at extremely deep images of the Universe taken in surveys, for example the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.

That’s a lot of galaxies. Surveys like the UDF are limited. The astronomers who did this research had an interesting problem. The answer is two-fold. Those numbers change with distance. At the same time, these faint galaxies are easier to see close to us, and harder farther away. NASA,ESA, H. As the authors themselves say: Scarfolk Council. Happy Place - The Latest Funny Videos, Funny Pictures, Funny Tweets, Funny Ecards and More!

Joe Nicolosi. Story vs Narrative vs Plot. Nope... not synonyms. Image via Wikipedia I’ve been using the two terms ‘Story’ and ‘Narrative’ very frequently on this blog. As I look back, I realize that I may not have done a very good job defining them, or more importantly, the difference between the two. The goal here is to explain these concepts and how they relate to each other to someone completely unfamiliar with literary theory. Story A ‘story’ is, in simplest terms, a sequence of events.

Let’s go spelling bee and use these two terms in somewhat defining sentences. The story of Bob’s Monday begins when he wakes up in the morning. Story is the entire sequence of events (though even that paragraph simplifies some). Plot Plot describes a set of events as they relate to each other. The plot usually concerns itself with specific points of the story and the pattern of their relation. The Daily Show. Colbert Nation. South Park.

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The first big expansion pack of Exploding Kittens is now shipping. It contains 20 game-changing cards, along with a human-sized cone of shame. I made a new thing. Next Page » All artwork and content on this site is Copyright © 2016 Matthew Inman. C. G. P. Grey. A Read of Ice and Fire - Series. Tvtropes. Nothing else moves that way. In our age, men in erring are transformers of themselves.