Our position early in the Stelliferous Era may be less surprising than it first seems. Red dwarves are likely unsuitable for complex life as they have a pre-main sequence phase lasting quite some time during which they are notably hotter. Any planet in the habitalble zone for the main sequence phase will be baked for hundreds of millions of years during the pre-main sequence phase and could easily lose all its water.
Though the setelliferious era will go on for quite some time, star formation will slow dramatically (and in fact has already slowed). If you exclude red dwarves and weight by star-years, we’re early but not nearly so early as a pure accounting of years suggests.
Our position early in the Stelliferous Era may be less surprising than it first seems. Red dwarves are likely unsuitable for complex life as they have a pre-main sequence phase lasting quite some time during which they are notably hotter. Any planet in the habitalble zone for the main sequence phase will be baked for hundreds of millions of years during the pre-main sequence phase and could easily lose all its water.
Though the setelliferious era will go on for quite some time, star formation will slow dramatically (and in fact has already slowed). If you exclude red dwarves and weight by star-years, we’re early but not nearly so early as a pure accounting of years suggests.