Mainly because of their distance.
Although we are technologicaly advanced, viewing distant stars detaildly is difficult, so all we can for now is get a glimpse of the and know they exist.
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BioTeacher101
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The reasons why astronomers have difficulty looking at distant stars is because they don't understand how red shift affects stars.
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