The vast majority of the 150-400 billion stars in the Milky Way haven't been directly detected. Alpha Centauri is the nearest known star to Sol. What is the probability that there are nearer stars that remain undiscovered? Submitted by [deleted] t3_y12oe6 on October 11, 2022 at 7:32 AM in askscience 95 comments 343
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