Alt text: They’re up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.

  • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    And from what I have heard on science podcasts, the moon is, and has been, and still will be, moving away from the earth. Making the perfect solar eclipse only for a segment of the earth’s history.

    • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      It honestly makes me feel lucky being born when I was.

      We also get to see the after effects of the big bang which won’t be detectable for the majority of the lifetime of our universe.

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        12 hours ago

        Child you elaborate on the second point? Why is it only visible in a short period?

      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        20 hours ago

        The big bang part is interesting, because, if humans become successful and manage to somehow make some sort of long-lasting archive that would survive on universal scales, we would be the ancients with old revelations to a potential future species. Able to impart knowledge that would have been undetectable for them, and an ancient map of the stars containing visions of countless other galaxies, and a peek into the very beginnings

        Though, realistically, it’s likely that a hypothetical hyper-advanced technological species would have their ways of prodding the true nature of our universe, despite the greater challenges