psychothumbs@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoNASA found a super-Earth. It's in a tantalizing place.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkNASA found a super-Earth. It's in a tantalizing place.mashable.compsychothumbs@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarepsychothumbs@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoHaha probably meant to write “miles” the second time
minus-squareFaceDeer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWhich is funny because that would have been even more inaccurate. “Millions of light years” is off by a factor of 15,000 or more. “Millions of miles” is off by a factor of 400,000,000 or more (2 million miles is 0.00000034 light years).
minus-squarejkrtn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoReading your comment is the most I have ever felt the “wow, space is incomprehensibly large” feeling.
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Haha probably meant to write “miles” the second time
Which is funny because that would have been even more inaccurate. “Millions of light years” is off by a factor of 15,000 or more. “Millions of miles” is off by a factor of 400,000,000 or more (2 million miles is 0.00000034 light years).
Reading your comment is the most I have ever felt the “wow, space is incomprehensibly large” feeling.