Most of the stars we see are several thousand light-years away from Earth. That means we are seeing the stars’ past as well.
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Patches@sh.itjust.works 7 months agoI went from a 9, or even a 10 - because I don’t even see a single star with the hard rock sending up a giant skylight 24/7.
To a 3 and it blows my mind every time I look up at night.
You really do feel connected to the past realizing this is the same sky we’ve had the entire time we’ve been on this planet.
cloudless@feddit.uk 7 months ago
reinei@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Except then you learn that even this “unchanging” sky changed A LOT from the distant past to today!
Like sure most stars where always visible in the sky (always being relative to homo sapiens looking up at the sky and being able to communicate with each other verbally) but their position might have been different…