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Re:Astronomers just discovered the farthest object in the kn... by karldcampbell on Friday April 08, 2022 @07:13PM (#30963633)
It sound odd, but that depends on what you mean by "now"[1]. If you mean, where would the galaxy be if I traveled there at the speed of light, you would actually travel less distance due to Length Contraction [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_of_simultaneity [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length_contraction

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Re:Astronomers just discovered the farthest object in the kn... by throw82473751 on Saturday April 09, 2022 @03:18AM (#30965876)
It sounds odd to interpret it like that and not as usually a layperson ignoring relativity&physical limitations would mean it?

"Now" as in if I could just teleport there!

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