re: #30 Mich-again

If the stars are really racing away from Earth, growing dimmer and dimmer, just imagine what the night sky must have looked like 10,000 years ago. Especially without all of the light pollution that fills the skies nowadays.

No wonder the people from early civilizations were so into stargazing. It must have been a spectacular show every night.

Not much expansion in 10,000 years, and since galaxies are gravitationally bound, they don’t expand themselves. Thus, the night sky would be the same.
Except for light pollution. Now, if we hadn’t discovered how to make fire,…