Your Casio calculator can't handle the truth about 2^256

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The estimated number of atoms in the observable universe, approximately 10^80, can be expressed as a power of two.

To convert this to a power of two, we can use the logarithm base 2:

10^80≈2^266.5

So, the number of atoms in the observable universe is roughly 2^266.5. This means there are about 2^266 atoms, with a small fraction more to account for the decimal.