Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 29 days 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-square47fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down120
arrow-up1107arrow-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 · 29 days agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days 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-up5·28 days agoAnd 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-up4·28 days agoAnd 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!”