Re:Stars may collide in a “red nova” in 2022
by daveguy on Sunday January 08, 2017 @12:03PM
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The sunset you were seeing didn't happen 8 minutes ago. Sunsets are an interaction of the sun with your perspective position on earth and line of sight. The sunset was happening right then -- the light that was involved in the sunset had been emitted from the sun 8 minutes ago. The last blip of the light you saw disappear over the horizon was a view of a corner of the sun from 8 minutes ago, but the sunset was happening essentially at that moment. </pedantic>
Re:Stars may collide in a “red nova” in 2022
by troels on Sunday January 08, 2017 @04:01PM
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You're missing an opening tag.
Re:Stars may collide in a “red nova” in 2022
by Nuzzerino on Sunday January 08, 2017 @04:26PM
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Its similar to this, where typically no opening tag is provided. https://www.google.com/amp/s/madfileformatscience.garymcgath...
I was just talking to my young sons the other day as we were watching the sunset that we are seeing something that happened 8 minutes ago. Cool to see them trying to get their young brains around this concept...