• Great Blue Heron
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    415 hours ago

    So, if my old brain did the math right, it’ll get here in about 2.5 billion years?

    • @LovableSidekick
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      310 hours ago

      In relativistic dog years that’s next week.

    • @AngryCommieKender
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      1515 hours ago

      Technically the two galactic clouds are already touching, according to some paper I read a couple years ago

      • Great Blue Heron
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        310 hours ago

        Oh, wow. I expected someone to correct me and say it will be much sooner due to the size of the two galaxies but didn’t think I was that far off.