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To: SunkenCiv

How the hell is 100 light years ‘nearby’?


8 posted on 12/01/2023 9:09:22 AM PST by voicereason (When a bartender can join Congress and become a millionaire...there’s a problem.)
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To: voicereason

I wasn’t even born when the images they see were made.


11 posted on 12/01/2023 9:11:26 AM PST by George from New England
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To: voicereason
How the hell is 100 light years ‘nearby’?

If this system were 10,000 or a billion light years out, we'd never know about these planets. Considering the size of the known Universe, 100 light years distance is extremely close.

14 posted on 12/01/2023 9:33:22 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: voicereason

Because of the overall size of the galaxy, obviously.

The Nearest Stars to Earth (Infographic)
https://www.space.com/18964-the-nearest-stars-to-earth-infographic.html


17 posted on 12/01/2023 9:36:47 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: voicereason
Size of the Universe.
20 posted on 12/01/2023 9:40:45 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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