Tag: supernovas

• A distant twin (Science Advent 17)

  (Every day until December 25, I’m posting a science-related image or video and description.) Day 17 A melancholy thought: we will probably never see our galaxy from the outside, as distant observers would see it. Traveling that far would take many thousands of years at close to light speed, and even if it were practical…

  Matthew R. Francis

  December 17, 2013

  Astronomy

  Advent 2013, Milky Way, spiral galaxy, supernovas