I always thought that this was because Polaris wasn’t aligned with the Earth’s axis until fairly recently.
Comment on Ray is basic.
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoSharks are ^possibly^ older than the north star
Brgor@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
erev@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Its because Polaris is actually three stars in a trenchcoat, two of which are older than sharks with one of them being younger. Polaris Aa, the brightest star and what we call the North Star, is probably younger than sharks, while Polaris Ab is probably older than sharks. Polaris B is almost certainly significantly older than sharks.
mech@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I fucking hate modern media.
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Yes, stop calling it X and call it Twitter.