Are the stars really fading away?

Question

About a week ago, I heard that the north star burned out and that over the next couple of years nearly all the stars will be gone. Has anyone else heard anything about this?

Answer 1

There is a theory which suggest that "the Universe is expanding"
Our earth is a part of this system and as a result it is also facing the consequences of this expansion.
eg. a man movign away from a car will seem to fade away.

So actually the stars are there but our universe is expanding.

Answer 2

All the stars we see are long dead. We are actually seeing into the past every time we look up into the night sky. Light from a distant star that is just reaching our little planet. As to when the last of those lights will arrive here, is hard to say. But personally I've been praying for such an event....and really...I wish I could see a star explode. I mean...how friggin cool would that be?

Answer 3

The north star is still there.

The stars have varying lifetimes related to their masses. The larger ones go supernova after a few million years. The smaller ones, like our sun, gradually become white dwarfs after about 9 billion years or so.

Because stars are continuously being born and dying, they won't all "go out". And you'll probably never see one visibly change in any way during your lifetime.

Someone is playing with you, and you're going along with it. Go to the library, read books, ask questions - instead of believing what anyone tells you without thinking.

Answer 4

Don't you fret over that, all stars out live us humans not you alone. We're talking millions and billions years' life span against
our mere tens.
What's the big deal if it all burns out when we humans were long long gone?

Answer 5

star is a sun. Stars that are fading are those old stars. But they are fading in the sense that they can be a new planet.But before it fades, it takes billions of years.

Answer 6

I dont think this is true. I think the sky will still be lit up with stars for a very long time.