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happytoexplainyesterday at 10:12 PM1 replyview on HN

I actually am not following what the ambiguity is - stars farther out from the center are younger, no?


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kadobanyesterday at 10:45 PM

The Earth isn't the center of the galaxy, so this feels confusing/confused:

> So, as a general rule, the farther out astronomers look, the younger the stars are.