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Bluetus

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2. That is really cool photography, and puts our tiny speck of the universe into perspective. But being pedantic,

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:29 AM

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the stars are all moving too. Everything in the universe is moving at an enormous rate, and other galaxies are moving away from us at something like 70 km per second per mega-parsec. That is to say, the farther away a galaxy is from us, the faster it is moving away from us. And the current consensus is that there is no force that will ever cause the universe to collapse.

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It is the earth that moves. Not the stars. In video [View all] Figarosmom Tuesday OP

Not earth, not Stars.. mind moving WheelWalker Tuesday #1

That is really cool photography, and puts our tiny speck of the universe into perspective. But being pedantic, Bluetus Tuesday #2

"the stars are all moving too" JoseBalow Tuesday #3

All that effort to set up the tripod and motors, and he films it with a phone. Intractable Tuesday #4

Clink in the corner Figarosmom Tuesday #5

It's not a widescreen video -- period. It doesn't matter where or how you watch it. Intractable Tuesday #6

Your screen name suits you. Figarosmom Tuesday #7

Unnecessary nastiness. An obvious misinterpretation of an English language word. Intractable Tuesday #9

each moves relative to the other n/t rampartd Tuesday #8

Yes, everything is in motion reltive to everything else. But each object Bluetus Tuesday #10