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If you look at the wikipedia's list of 100 nearest stars, only 4 are single main sequence stars: Tau ceti, Sigma Draconis, 82 G. Eridani, Delta Pavonis. All ot
by dvh 4y ago
If you look at the wikipedia's list of 100 nearest stars, only 4 are single main sequence stars: Tau ceti, Sigma Draconis, 82 G. Eridani, Delta Pavonis. All other are either binary stars with unpredictable orbits or flare stars. Stars where civilizations can quietly mature are rare.
- superposeur 4y agoGood point -- counting all the stars in the observable universe is already a big overestimate of the ones that could support life.