• xenoclast@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    They do, but space is very big, and gravity is relatively weak in comparison.

    The strength of gravity drops off exponentially with distance. For a star to consume another star they need to be really close.

    This is made even more difficult when you consider they’re all moving through empty space really really fast.