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xkcd #2898: Orbital Argument (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that's both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?" "YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE!"

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

for the sun it is the center of gravity.

You mean the galactic center, which in turn orbits a point somewhere in the middle of our local galactic cluster.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

And our local galactic cluster is heading towards something ominous called the Great Attractor. It’s direction is hidden by the horizon of the Milky Way, but it is most likely another larger cluster of galaxies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

youre right, i miexd up the words and edited it. thank you.