Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 天前The 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-square46fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down119
arrow-up1103arrow-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 · 2 天前message-square46fedilink
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 天前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.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·24 小时前And when the light from Andromeda reaches us in 2.5 million years, you’ll all see my shower thought was right.
minus-squareWrenFeathers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 小时前And in 2.5 million years when the light from your thought reaches the folks in Andromeda, they’ll be like… “Woah! Star Wars happened right here!”
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.
And in 2.5 million years when the light from your thought reaches the folks in Andromeda, they’ll be like…
“Woah! Star Wars happened right here!”