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There is the anthropic principle regarding that last: if the star wasn't typical and stable, life wouldn't have developed here to observe it.
by T-hawk 6y ago
There is the anthropic principle regarding that last: if the star wasn't typical and stable, life wouldn't have developed here to observe it.
- bee_rider 6y agoThe anthropic principle doesn't need it to be typically stable though, right? It could be exceptionally stable, in a particularly evil universe, and we'd most likely crop up in a nice little stable oasis.
- eloff 6y agoIf it were unstable during the 4 billion year history of life it could wipe life out and we wouldn't be here to observe it. But it depends on the magnitude of "unstable".
- T-hawk 6y agoOur sun is exceptionally stable - it has no close encounters with other stars that might disrupt planetary orbits, which does happen in galactic nuclei or globular clusters. We are in that nice little stable oasis.