The Tadpole galaxy by Hubble, Its eye-catching tail is about 280,000 light-years long. Also known as UGC 10214 and Arp 188, it is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 420 million light-years from Earth in the northern constellation Draco. Credit Image: NASA/ESA/HST/STScI.imsahoamtiskaw t1_j9b10rk wrote
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This one always fucks me up. I've heard and understood the explanation many times, but my human brain just doesn't like dealing with time dilation and numbers that big for some reason.
UnifiedGods t1_j9bu1bq wrote
You both do not understand it.
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