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Old Sep 2, 2012, 01:28 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Aquinus View Post
26,000 light years away, huh? Wouldn't that mean that we're seeing that star system as it was 26,000 years ago since it took that long for the electromagnetic radiation (light) to get to Earth? So if there is sugar, wouldn't it be conceivable that something has happened since then?
any minute now, scientists will discover coffee growing in a nebula.
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