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Spotid1 t1_j3vwb8q wrote
Reply to comment by whistlingbatter in NASA satellite discovers second Earth-sized planet in habitable zone by Tuna_Sushi
Special Relativity implies that you could reach a star 100 light years away in less than 100 years. It’s actually pretty interesting.
Spotid1 t1_j3vvk7r wrote
Reply to comment by whistlingbatter in NASA satellite discovers second Earth-sized planet in habitable zone by Tuna_Sushi
So this isn’t actually true, we could reach it with the correct technology in a single lifetime.
Spotid1 t1_j3w23wo wrote
Reply to comment by Afraid-Detail in NASA satellite discovers second Earth-sized planet in habitable zone by Tuna_Sushi
This is relative to the traveler, not from earth. The closer you get to the speed of light, the faster you move through time itself.