Astrealix

@Astrealix@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can we see the Milky Way if we are inside of it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re on the Earth — how do we see the Earth? By seeing other parts of the Earth that aren’t ourselves. The same is somewhat true for the Milky Way. And like on Earth, you can’t see the whole thing without leaving it, because we only get to see the stuff that isn’t blocked by other things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gay in 2007⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact from the same Wikipedia page: he actually picked the name Gay as a translation from Fröhlich, meaning “happy”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone know why Lemmy.world has been unstable for the past two weeks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  c/lemmyworld is where he makes announcements