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Re:How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe? by Aenyn on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:47AM (#21280323)
Wouldn't there be a delay between the time you flicked your wrist and the time the spot actually aligns, due to the limited speed of light?
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Re:How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe? by doliveira on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:57AM (#21280365)
Yeah, and observing this is a good way to see that information isn't actually being transferred faster than light.
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Re:How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe? by eru on Thursday October 17, 2019 @07:17AM (#21280826)
Yep, definitely.

An outside observer that just sees the spot on the moon (but has no clue that it's produced by you flicking your wrists), just sees a spot that moves insanely fast.

No information, energy nor matter travels faster than light here, of course.

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