Study suggests the universe could have triple the number of stars scientists previously calculated.

...the new estimate is 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion...about one-third of the galaxies in the universe are not spiral, but elliptical...Slightly closer to home, at least in our own galaxy, one dwarf star has astronomers at Harvard taking another step in their search for life.

Scientists Find 200 Sextillion More Stars in the Sky