When you wish upon a star, is it already dead? An astronomer crunches the numbers
- Written by Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral researcher in radio astronomy, University of Sydney
ESO/Luis Calçada/Herbert Zodet, CC BYWhen you wish upon a star, Jiminy Cricket told us, your dreams come true. But according to an idea doing the rounds on social media, that may not be the case:
According to astronomy, when you wish upon a star you’re a million years too late. The star is dead, just like your dreams.
Is that really...





