Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 18 hours agoThe 1920s was "a long time ago" and the Andromeda galaxy is "a galaxy far, far away." Maybe the original trilogy took place 100 years ago in the next galaxy over.message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down118
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareThe 1920s was "a long time ago" and the Andromeda galaxy is "a galaxy far, far away." Maybe the original trilogy took place 100 years ago in the next galaxy over.Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 18 hours agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoWhat will really bake your noodle is that it takes time for light to reach us. We are seeing light that anywhere from a few minutes to a few billion years old.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoAnd when the light from Andromeda reaches us in 2.5 million years, you’ll all see my shower thought was right.
What will really bake your noodle is that it takes time for light to reach us. We are seeing light that anywhere from a few minutes to a few billion years old.
And when the light from Andromeda reaches us in 2.5 million years, you’ll all see my shower thought was right.