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TivoYourEbay t1_j6bucss wrote

Yea we all learned this in elementary school. If the sun blew up it would take 8 minutes from explosion for us to see it.

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daftvaderV2 t1_j6bvayc wrote

If most of the Hydrogen in the core of our Sun was used up and the sun went into Red Giant phase it would still take millions of years for it to expand out to our orbit.

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TivoYourEbay t1_j6bvmr9 wrote

This. I like this. That’s a really cool fact I never heard before. Knowledge is dope.

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Warm_Water_5480 t1_j6chylo wrote

I really don't like comments like this. Yes, you knew this, so did I, so do most people, but this person didn't, until now or fairly recently. It's not thier fault that they never learned and internalized this fact until recently, it just simply didn't happen. I get that it's not original, but they're just learning man, not everyone knows all the same stuff. Belittling doesn't accomplish much.

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NotTheBusDriver t1_j6ce41n wrote

For objects that are relatively near, the speed of you nerve impulses (70-120 m/s) is a much larger factor in terms of you seeing the past than the speed of light.

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Warm_Water_5480 t1_j6chmfx wrote

Also, what we're seeing is just our brain's interpretation of reality, and not reality it's self.

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