@neiltyson @boonamobile Is this a reference to intense gravitational field inside the Sun, or something else?
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@HamletEJ@neiltyson @boonamobile think: galactic pinball machine. ;-)
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@neiltyson @boonamobile Photons have a "random walk" due to constantly colliding with every other photon, therefore taking that long.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson What's the Sun-Earth light travel time? // Sun's core to its surface: a half-million years. After that: 500 sec” < wow!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson @boonamobile Not that I would ever deny the big brains that declare these things -but please show your work!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson @boonamobile Energy takes a half million years to escape the sun after fusion, but it doesn't remain the same photon.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson @boonamobile AMAZING, huh? We're SO lost. We dont stop & think. Human eyes have never used light created in all of our history.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson @boonamobile This doesn't make sense. The sun is not 500,000 light years deep. Is this a comedy twitter account? -
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@neiltyson but the factor is not that great. Still makes little sense.
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@neiltyson 500k years? Is that a random walk of emission/absorption or something else?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson @boonamobile Waiting to go to Journey to the stars show today saw that question... real answer.. 500,000 years + 500 secondsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Why half-million years?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson @boonamobile explained in detail in Neil's book, death by black holeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson What's the time it takes to answer that question via Google?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson How can time within be validated?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson @boonamobile 152 minutes for light to reach UranusThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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