Study: the Universe Has Almost Stopped Making New Stars

SternisheFan sends this quote from Wired: "An international team of astronomers used three telescopes — the UK Infrared Telescope and the Subaru Telescope, both in Hawaii, and Chile's Very Large Telescope — to study trends in star formation, from the earliest days of the universe. Extrapolating their findings has revealed that half of all the stars that have ever existed were created between 9 and 11 billion years ago, with the other half created in the years since. That means the rate at which new stars are born has dropped off massively, to the extent that (if this trend continues) 95 percent of all the stars that this universe will ever see have already been born. Several studies have looked at specific time 'epochs', but the different methods used by each study has restricted the ability to compare their findings and discern a fuller model of how stars have evolved over the course of the entire universe's lifespan."

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Local Group 112 of the Star Union is on strike

[BLToday]

This is what happens when God allowed the star makers to unionized. They get lazy and production drops.

I'll be using this news to tell me wife why I'm just sitting on the couch and not doing house chores. I want minimize my contribution to the heat death of the universe.

Of course it stopped.

[gestalt_n_pepper]

Do you know how much those things *cost* to build new. Jeez.

Re:I BLAME GLOBAL WARMING

[meta-monkey]

I prefer to think of it as "gaining helium (and heavier things)," but I guess you're one of those "star is half empty" kind of people?

Re:The starcreators are pissed....

[lgw]

You need to update your memes. The people lefties hate are called "Tea Partiers" now, not "neocons". Hasn't been "neocons" since 2010. Remember, it doens't matter what either group actually stood for, the point is to corrupt the language.

We're running out....

[countach]

We're running out of stars.... Get 'em while they're hot!

Re:No more stars?

[Taco Cowboy]

What, like X-Factor you mean

No, he said a star making machine.

.... like Hollywood ??

Re:I can't explain it but,

[ArsonSmith]

socialism does this. The motivation of the populaces to continue to be creative and to create is sucked out.