Source: https://xkcd.com/3072/
There are more hydrogen atoms in a single water molecule than there are stars in the entire solar system.
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I love this, it also reminds me of people who speak enthusiastically about mundane topics.
I see no errors in their statements :3
Are there stars in our sky which are less than 100 yo?
Well, im not an astrologist, so I only know what I know from like.. middle school class trips, but there are stars being born all the time im pretty sure :3
Are they observable in our sky at a 100 years old? Probably not :3 space is massive so light takes a while to get here at that distance
It's all relative in space 😅. But I could reformulate my question: are visible today in our night sky stars that weren't visible less than 100 years ago?
In order for the stars to actually be less than 100 years old, they would also need to be with a hundred light years of us.
https://www.space.com/astronomers-new-star-nova-explosion-t-coronae-borealis
Not exactly the question, but while looking into it I found this :3 a star visible once every 80 years
The Milky Way is visible. It's estimated that approximately 6 new stars are formed in the Milky every year.
There are still stars forming, so probably yes if you use a super telescope
She didn't say there are any.