Re:Mysterious object is being dragged into the black hole at...
by pizza234 on Saturday February 25, 2023 @04:18PM
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An astronomer on Reddit* says:
> because the light we see is ~25k years old from the center of the galaxy, we are seeing it as it was 25k years ago. However, in astronomy we do not worry about this and instead just use the time at which the light reaches Earth- firstly there is just no way to know what is happening there literally now
so in their view, it seems assuming the event as present is the norm.
> because the light we see is ~25k years old from the center of the galaxy, we are seeing it as it was 25k years ago. However, in astronomy we do not worry about this and instead just use the time at which the light reaches Earth- firstly there is just no way to know what is happening there literally now
so in their view, it seems assuming the event as present is the norm.
*: https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/11bk0u1/a_mysterio...