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[–] 39 points 10 months ago (15 children)

Did everyone forget about the galaxy? It's also a giant circle, and the sun orbits it like we orbit the sun.

Perhaps the real question should be "Where is the Galaxy taking us?"

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Oh no you zoomed out to far and triggered the weird sensation. How bizarre it all is!! To know these things as little ape creatures. So small as to barely exist in a lake of space and an ocean of time. Whywhywhyhowwhyhowhowhow is any of this real???

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Knowing there's no chance imaginable of being able to witness all this is so depressing... My death anxiety feeds on thoughts like this.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    On the plus side, we live at a time where we can still observe the cosmic microwave background radiation and total solar eclipses.

    Since the moon's orbit grows by 3" every year, after a few million years it'll be far enough away that it won't completely eclipse the sun anymore.

    And in a billion year's time, the CMB will be redshifted so far into deep radio wavelengths that it'll be impossible to observe

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    First thank you for filling in OP's coverup of Mama's intentions.

    We will merge, in a series of passes through each other, with almost no stars actually colliding

    So then, we're just going for a ride to a farm upstate :(

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