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"Nearby"

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    In my google news feed, I saw this.

    Screen Shot 2022-04-05 at 7.17.25 PM.png

    Wait, wat?

    A Jupiter-like planet "nearby?" How is it that no-one saw it.

    Oh, by "nearby," you mean this

    An international team of astrophysicists using NASA's Kepler space telescope, which ceased operations in 2018, have discovered an exoplanet similar to Jupiter located 17,000 light-years from Earth, making it the farthest exoplanet ever found by Kepler.

    Oh. So the things we see on this "nearby" planet happened at the time that THESE things were happening on Earth.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/1700YearsAgo/

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • George KG George K

      In my google news feed, I saw this.

      Screen Shot 2022-04-05 at 7.17.25 PM.png

      Wait, wat?

      A Jupiter-like planet "nearby?" How is it that no-one saw it.

      Oh, by "nearby," you mean this

      An international team of astrophysicists using NASA's Kepler space telescope, which ceased operations in 2018, have discovered an exoplanet similar to Jupiter located 17,000 light-years from Earth, making it the farthest exoplanet ever found by Kepler.

      Oh. So the things we see on this "nearby" planet happened at the time that THESE things were happening on Earth.

      https://www.reddit.com/r/1700YearsAgo/

      RenaudaR Offline
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      Renauda
      wrote on last edited by Renauda
      #2

      @George-K

      17,000 years ago not 1,700 years ago. I think it was more like stone knives and bear skins. Not much else.

      Elbows up!

      George KG 1 Reply Last reply
      • RenaudaR Renauda

        @George-K

        17,000 years ago not 1,700 years ago. I think it was more like stone knives and bear skins. Not much else.

        George KG Offline
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        George K
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        @Renauda you're right.

        My bad.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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