Zander:
Guvnah:
From the article:
"Because this star system is 1800 light years away, which is six times closer than that Scorpius star, the nova should be bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. "
Does that mean the red nova actually happened 1800 years ago, and the light is just getting here now?
Yes. We will never be able to wrap our heads around it, especially when we start talking billions of light years away.
Imagine traveling for billions of years at the speed of light and still not get where you want to go. Yikes.
Actually, if you’re traveling at light speed then time does not pass at all for you. Wherever you’re going, you’re already there, at least from your perspective.
Zander
March 10, 2022, 9:08pm
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My mind explodes, yet again.
relativity and quantum mechanics always played with my mind,even back in school. the whole idea that simply observing something changes it…
