"An international team of astronomers has published a new study suggesting that nearly all of the..."

An international team of astronomers has published a new study suggesting that nearly all of the stars that will ever exist in our universe have in fact already been born.

Using three telescopes — the Subaru Telescope and the UK Infrared Telescope in Hawaii and the Very Large Telescope in Chile — the team put together the most robust survey of star formation yet.

They found that the rate of star formation has decreased to such an extent that only 5% more stars than those that exist today will be produced in the remaining lifespan of the Universe.