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nilsmf t1_iv3rj88 wrote

Reply to comment by uniquelyavailable in Closest known black hole to Earth spotted by astronomers by lunarmoonr

The most undercommunicated thing about space is the size of emptiness between the stars and how far away everything is from everything else.

Think of anything a lightyear away as omg-so-incredibly-far-away-it-is. That makes this black hole super-duper-omg-so-incredibly-far-away-it-is.

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wankerbot t1_iv44ogt wrote

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.

-DA

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If_I_must t1_iv8sv2t wrote

But don't panic. You seem like a frood who knows where their towel is.

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Miramarr t1_iv4ajcd wrote

When the Milky Way and Andromeda collide and merge, it's still unlikely any of the billions of stars will actually hit eachother.

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Ksradrik t1_iv4fwhy wrote

But dont forget that anything traveling at light or near light speed would be impossible to detect until it actually reaches us.

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st4n13l t1_iv4knoc wrote

I'm personally rooting for microwormhole telescopes

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