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by Sanzig 1074 days ago
There's also a possibility that a sizeable fraction of all stars exist in the intergalactic medium [1], having been ejected from the galaxies where they formed due to galactic collisions or encounters with their original galaxy's supermassive black hole. A civilization evolving around one of these stars in the far future would be totally unaware of the universe outside their own solar system due to cosmic expansion.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergalactic_star