By the young earth assumption there are trillions of stars all within 6000 light years. That would be one hot and crowded sky :)
There is empirical evidence that it hasThat assumes that the speed of light
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has always been the same as it is today.
slowed down on a steeply declining curve
and is now asymptotic.