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I don't know if it's useful to think about time across interstellar distances in these terms. It's a relative concept. From light's perspective, no time has passed at all. And yeah, we can say that about 133 years passed on Earth while light traveled, and about the same amount of time on HR 8799.
May 8, 2025, 12:38 PM
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