← Back to context Comment by dtj1123 3 days ago Then where is the 15k lightyears figure supposed to come from? 2 comments dtj1123 Reply Atreiden 3 days ago I took those distance estimates to mean "as measured by the instruments".The longer they're in it, the larger the estimate, and they've hypothesized that it will approach the size of the universe itself. swiftcoder 3 days ago Also worth noting that they’ve already crossed their own tracks at least once - thus their estimate is probably extremely suspect
Atreiden 3 days ago I took those distance estimates to mean "as measured by the instruments".The longer they're in it, the larger the estimate, and they've hypothesized that it will approach the size of the universe itself. swiftcoder 3 days ago Also worth noting that they’ve already crossed their own tracks at least once - thus their estimate is probably extremely suspect
swiftcoder 3 days ago Also worth noting that they’ve already crossed their own tracks at least once - thus their estimate is probably extremely suspect
I took those distance estimates to mean "as measured by the instruments".
The longer they're in it, the larger the estimate, and they've hypothesized that it will approach the size of the universe itself.
Also worth noting that they’ve already crossed their own tracks at least once - thus their estimate is probably extremely suspect