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minus-squareBudgetBandit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 months agoThe context of this comment is amazing. Imagine a creature, that died over 65 million years ago (earth was at the other side of the galaxy back then) and yet we can detect how the muscles attached to the bone
minus-squarerooroo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months ago earth was at the other side of the galaxy back then Hoooly eff.
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-23 months agoRight now you’re orbiting the galactic core (well basically, its very close) at 240km/s +/- ~30km/s (Earths rotation of the Sun). And it still took 65 million years to complete less than half an orbit of the galaxy.
The context of this comment is amazing.
Imagine a creature, that died over 65 million years ago (earth was at the other side of the galaxy back then) and yet we can detect how the muscles attached to the bone
Hoooly eff.
Right now you’re orbiting the galactic core (well basically, its very close) at 240km/s +/- ~30km/s (Earths rotation of the Sun).
And it still took 65 million years to complete less than half an orbit of the galaxy.