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> I frankly can't really comprehend what does the mass of an entire mountain condensed into a single pebble mean. Maybe turn it around. On a cosmic level, that

• ourmandave 3y ago
  Or turn around again. Zoom out far enough and maybe there's a view where the pulsar is comparably no more that a lit sparkler. Note: This isn't an argument for god or whatever. Just thinking on scales where our "laughing in the rain" is a nightmare for ants.
  • itishappy 3y ago
    That's us! We're not bathed in pulsar brilliance, we're picking up the sparse but energetic photons it emits from far far away. We cannot see the "highest energy pulsar" with our naked eyes.
  • swayvil 3y ago
    >This isn't an argument for god or whatever... It better not be. This is a proper orthodox forum.