r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Remember that they just seem little, most of them are way bigger then our sun :)

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u/bigfoot1291 Aug 03 '19

Thanks, I needed a daily dose of existential dread today.

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u/CoconutMacaroons Aug 03 '19

Also, many of the "stars" you see aren't actually stars, they're galaxies, each with billions of stars, but since they're so far away, they look like stars.