How do astronauts not run into stars while in space

There are billions of stars in outer space. I'm just wondering how astronauts are able to dodge all of them? It seems almost impossible!

Wow.Well, its imparative to understand the distances we are dealing with here to answer your question. See, the universe is huge. Inconcievably huge. So too is our galaxy. Its so extremely vast that it would take a beam of light 130,000 light years to cross from one end to the other. Light, as you may know, is the fastest moving object in the universe. It travels at approximately 186,000 miles per second! Despite there being billions of stars right in our galaxy, the galaxy itself is actully very desolate.Stars and planets are separated by huge amounts of emptiness. In fact, the closest star aside from the sun is 400 light years away. And thats if you travel at the speed of light, which we are nowhere even close to being able to do. So you see, they pose no obstacle to astronauts because of how far away stars are. They are just so big that from earth the appear to be close to eachother when in reality, they are very, very far away.

While there are billions of stars, they are also EXTREMELY far away from eachother, you can't even imagine. Think about the distance between earth and the other planets? I'm sure it's not a problem for astronauts to navigate around without hitting a star.:P

Look at how far the sun is away from earth. The sun is actually a star, and the closest to our solar system (as it is the center). And it took 17 years to get to mars, the closest planet to earth, so I would say there is plenty if time to dodge these extremely far away stars. Btw the sun is a small star in comparison to others so think about how far away the other stars in the universe actually are.

The furthest any astronaut has ever got from earth is about 240,000 miles. The nearest star (the sun) is 93 million miles away. The nearest star after that is severl light years away. Now look up how far a light year is (and yes, a light year is a measure of distance, not time).