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To: Red Badger
a star called R Doradus, located about 180 light-years away.

"Nearby" is a relative term and the speed of light is not nearly fast enough to explore very much.

9 posted on 09/13/2024 1:57:51 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: libertylover
...the speed of light is not nearly fast enough to explore very much..

There is the odd effect of time slowing down. If you could maintain a one g acceleration you could get to the Andromeda galaxy in 58 years ship time. Meanwhile 2 million years on Earth will have gone past.

10 posted on 09/13/2024 2:40:58 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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