[dp0622]

Are there really other FReepers who understand this? :)

I would imagine some bright folks either work in the field or read a lot.

I’m still struggling through entanglement and how two atoms seven miles apart can affect each other faster than the speed of light.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"If you think you know quantum mechanics, you don't know quantum mechanics" -- Richard Feynman.

But this is an astronomy subject, involving classical physics, not quantum physics. When we tend to see the night sky as unchanging, forever constant, because nothing really does change. The stars are in the exact same positions they were a thousand years ago. The plants move with precise, clock-like regularity. But upon closer examination, we notice subtle changes. Supernovas, for example, occurring once every few dozen lifetimes. Last week's solar eclipse. A comet here, a particularly large meteor there. But upon even closer examination, the universe is full of change. Changes so violent they could vaporize our tiny planet with the merest exposure. But given the vastness of space, they are still few and far between.