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Planets With No Stars In Sky?

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Posted by Kevin Bird on September 28, 2001 00:44:48 UTC

I was recently told that we have found some stars that are so distant that any planets orbiting them would be so far from anything that their night skies would be all but starless. Is this at all possible?

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starless - djricky - September 28, 2001 - 14:17 UTC
- Please explain why... - mrobbins1 - September 29, 2001 - 14:06 UTC
  - telescopes - djricky - September 29, 2001 - 20:43 UTC
    - Planets are to stars as stars are to galaxies... - smartguy - October 10, 2001 - 15:05 UTC
      - Because universe is at least 10 billion years old, you can see - alexander - November 5, 2001 - 07:08 UTC
Starless - kevinbird - September 29, 2001 - 15:26 UTC

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