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[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 26 points 3 months ago

Funny how we consider that "close" in terms of space. It's such a massive distance we can't really comprehend it and it's only the first planet out from us. Even at the speed of light it would take 3 minutes+ to get there! I'm no spacengineer but that's like 186k miles per sec. Or something. Space is big. Really big.

[-] Apeman42@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

Bigger even than 1989 Belgian techno anthem "Pump up the Jam".

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