Also known as Polaris and North Star North Stara star that is located just above the North Pole and has been guiding us for years in finding our way.

55 million years ago This young star occupies an important place in the night sky with its seemingly fixed position in the night sky.

You may have noticed that we call a 55 million year old star ‘young’. This is because the North Star couldn’t even see dinosaurs!

Compared to our world which is 4.5 billion years old quite young The North Star did not exist when dinosaurs ruled the earth.

In other words, while gigantic dinosaurs roamed our world, the North Star was still somewhere in the darkness of the universe. waiting to be formed.

So much so that the North Star was born long after the dinosaurs were extinct.

It is known that the North Star, whose age is estimated at 55 million years, was wiped from Earth by a large meteorite impact 66 million years ago. It is quite young compared to dinosaurs.

So the North Star, this After the dramatic eventwas born in silence in the depths of the universe.

According to some sources, the extinction of dinosaurs was caused by climate change, ocean activity, etc. transformed the world and the sky began to be decorated with new stars that we recognize, such as the North Star.

In summary, the fact that the North Star is so young tells us that the universe A radical scene that is constantly changing shows that it is so.

Who knows, the North Star, which has been guiding us for years, may be replaced by… millions of years later another star will take over.

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