Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Titiro ki te nui o te pūngao mō te hanganga whetū i te ao nui, i whakaritea ki te maha o ngā whetū, ā, ka kite koe i tētahi mea whakamiharo - me nui ake ngā whetū i te 10 ngā wā. He raruraru tēnei i pōhēhē ai ngā pūtaiao, engari ināianei he rangahau e kī ana kei a ia te whakautu, e kī ana tērā pea kei te ārai te wera i roto i ngā kapua whetū-whakaputa i te hanganga whetū. E mea ana rātau he nui rawa te pāmahana ki te tuku i te nui o te hanganga whetū, nā reira ka iti ake te maha o ngā whetū e kitea ana i te ao nui i tēnei rā. Kua whakaarohia e nga kairangahau o te Massachusetts Institute of Technology me te Michigan State University he ariā hou mo te kore o nga whetu. I runga anō i te nui o te pūngao whetū me nui ake i te 10 ngā wā. Engari ko te take, nā te pāmahana i ārai i a rātau i te hanganga. Ka whakaaturia i konei te whakaahua o te Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Kia puta ai he whetū, ka whakawhirinaki ki te kapua hau kia tino makariri kia taea ai te kohikohi ki te papatipu nui e hiahiatia ana mo te hanganga whetū. Ina koa, ko te hau i roto i te kohinga - kei te taha o te pokapū o te kohinga kopu - he rohe matua mo te hanganga whetu. Engari he tokoiti noa iho ngā whetū e whānau ana ia tau i roto i ētahi rārangi whetū, ahakoa te nui o tēnei hau, nō reira me whai tētahi mea e ārai ana i te hau i te mātao me te hanga whetū. I te marama kua hipa, i kitea e nga tohunga whetū he whetū e hanga ana i tētahi rohe tawhiti o te Milky Way, kāore i whakaarohia i mua. I kitea ngā whetū i roto i te kapua hau rāpoi ngota 16,000 tau-marama i raro i te kōpae papatahi o to tatou tupuni - i tawhiti atu i ētahi atu i kitea i mua. A, ki te mea ka puta mai he aorangi ki te karapoti i ēnei whetū, ka kite ngā kainoho i te kororia katoa o te aorangi porohita i runga ake i a rātau i roto i to rātau rangi pō. Ko te kitenga whakamiharo - i arahina e Dr Denilso Camargo o te Federal University o Rio Grande do Sul i Porto Alegre, Brazil - e tohu ana i te wa tuatahi i kitea ai nga kohinga whetu-whakaputa i roto i te Milky Way i tenei tawhiti mai i to tatou tupuni. "Ko te wā tuatahi tēnei i kitea ai e ngā tohunga whetū ngā whetū e whānau mai ana i tētahi wāhi tawhiti", i kī a ia...
Kua whakaarohia e ngā kairangahau o te Massachusetts Institute of Technology me te Michigan State University tētahi ariā hou mō te kore whetū. I runga anō i te nui o te pūkaha whetū kia 10 ngā wā maha atu. Engari ko te take nā te pāmahana i ārai i a rātau i te hanganga. I ētahi kohinga whetū he tiketike rawa te pāmahana kia kore ai ngā whetū e waihanga. A ko ngā rua pango e whakahaere ana i ngā pāmahana kia kore ai e tino makariri.