Since a star's light takes so long to reach us, how do we know that the star is still there?

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Is the light we see from stars extremely old? - Quora

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SOLVED: Some scientists do not consider brown dwarfs to be true stars because they do not have enough mass to ignite the nuclear fusion of ordinary hydrogen. At the same time, some

How can the light of stars billions of light years away from the

How do we know if we are living in real time? When we see a star, the light coming from it is light years old. The star may not exist by the

Light and Doppler shift

How far back in time can we see?

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How would it appear to the human eye seeing light from a star which just happens to 'run out', at that very moment? (the star is dead, its light still travels to

A nearby star, Barnard's Star, has a parallax of 0.543 arcseconds. How long does it take the light from this star to reach us? - Quora