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The headline is complete nonsense. The article cites a distance of 50 light-years at best. The Milky Way is 1000 LY thick and about 87400 LY across. The closest
by jprete 3y ago
The headline is complete nonsense. The article cites a distance of 50 light-years at best. The Milky Way is 1000 LY thick and about 87400 LY across. The closest star is, as I recall, about four LY away.