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anam_moon ([personal profile] anam_moon) wrote2010-11-22 01:40 pm
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The Enigma Of The Missing Stars In Space May Be Solved

New stars are born in the Universe around the clock - on the Milky Way, currently about ten per year. From the birth rate in the past, we can generally calculate how populated space should actually be. But the problem is that the results of such calculations do not match our actual observations.

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[identity profile] roseembolism.livejournal.com 2010-11-22 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Makes sense- in regions of high star formation, stars are going to be crowded together. It's also a perfect example of adjusting the theory to fit the evidence.
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