psychothumbs@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoNASA found a super-Earth. It's in a tantalizing place.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkNASA found a super-Earth. It's in a tantalizing place.mashable.compsychothumbs@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squarepsychothumbs@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoHaha probably meant to write “miles” the second time
minus-squareFaceDeer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoWhich is funny because that would have been even more inaccurate. “Millions of light years” is off by a factor of 15,000 or more. “Millions of miles” is off by a factor of 400,000,000 or more (2 million miles is 0.00000034 light years).
minus-squarejkrtn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoReading your comment is the most I have ever felt the “wow, space is incomprehensibly large” feeling.
Haha probably meant to write “miles” the second time
Which is funny because that would have been even more inaccurate. “Millions of light years” is off by a factor of 15,000 or more. “Millions of miles” is off by a factor of 400,000,000 or more (2 million miles is 0.00000034 light years).
Reading your comment is the most I have ever felt the “wow, space is incomprehensibly large” feeling.