Well it was huge news when it came out. But a shit ton has happened since then
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Submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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halfeatenpotato@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
the og goatse
deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nice. Also, very appropriate username :)
sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
People talked about this a lot when it first happened. This is over 7 years old now. Kinda old news.
pyre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
yeah, i think for people who even have a passing interest in science this was a pretty popular topic.
Johanno@feddit.org 2 months ago
Now compare that to the age of the black hole.
apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Wait but it was being talked about a lot, right? It was even being memed
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Yeah, a couple of years ago.
Does OP expect things to stay relevant for that long? In this economy?
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Don’t worry, some of us are keeping the astronomy spirit alive in the younger generation. There’s a 5 year old kid I work with who can name tons of celestial objects that my coworkers have never heard of. It makes for fun inside jokes. Sometimes when we’re with another person, he’ll compare our distances to each other and say, “You’re Alpha Centauri A, I’m Alpha Centauri B, and he/she’s Proxima Centauri.”
BigBenis@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This feels like it was a whole lifetime ago…
Johanno@feddit.org 2 months ago
Do you have proof humanity on earth was the first one to take a photograph?
Also how does the black hole know? Did you send them a message? Is the message already there yet?
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Looks kind of like an eclipse.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Trying to suck all the air out of the room as usual.
jlow@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
(Does that count as a photograph, though …)
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 2 months ago
It’s probably sucks
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 months ago
So does your mom!
Because of the mess you made, she has to vacuum everything for you, lazy bastard.
Also because she has mass.