Answer:
D. long dead stars
Explanation:
"Their light (stars) would arrive (by the time stars reach us and can be seen, they're already extinguished or dead) on earth eventually, long after I and my whole generation and the generation after me had slipped out of time, perhaps long after the human race itself was extinguished."
The image of the "human race itself' being "extinguished" most clearly serves to associate humanity with "long-dead stars". The long-dead stars are the stars that are visible in the sky even they die in the morning evening or night anytime.
Humanity has been associated with the long-dead stars because humanity never dies like stars. After many generations also, humanity remains on the earth and after years and years, the stars remain in the sky. The stars in the sky and humanity in humans tell us about the consistency and stability of the universe.
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