[q845712]

if it helps, that's just the stars and galaxies we're capable of observing. There's probably more :)

[qup]

It's fun that we can't say for sure.

I wonder how long before we can

[r2_pilot]

The physical continuing expansion of the universe eventually causes any photon to be so far redshifted as to be unobservable, so it actually goes the opposite way. One day long from now, an alien civilization might look out into their night sky and only see their galaxy, and be completely unable to tell the previous history of the universe from observing the sky.

[PartiallyTyped]

The other side to this is that given enough time, some civilisation will be oblivious to the rest of the universe. Their visible universe will just be their own galaxy.

[asimovfan]

I agree, things couldn't be fun if we actually knew what they were