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There are 40 quintillion black holes in the observable Universe. More or less.
There are 40 quintillion black holes in the observable Universe. More or less.,How many black holes are there? I don't mean near the Sun, or even in the galaxy. I mean, how many black holes are there in the entire observable Universe? Turns out about 40 billion billion of them. For those who like numbers, that's 40,000,000,000,000,000,000. In exponential notation that's 4 x1019. In English, that's holy crap that's a lotta black holes.

There are 40 quintillion black holes in the observable Universe. More or less.

How many black holes are there? I don’t mean near the Sun, or even in the galaxy. I mean, how many black holes are there in the entire observable Universe? Turns out about 40 billion billion of them. For those who like numbers, that’s 40,000,000,000,000,000,000. In exponential notation that’s 4 x1019. In English, that’s holy crap that’s a lotta black holes.