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[-] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 19 points 18 hours ago

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

[-] rooroo@feddit.org 6 points 12 hours ago

earth was at the other side of the galaxy back then

Hoooly eff.

[-] Cypher@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

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.

this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2024
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