have you ever stopped on a starry night
@DocAndersen (54413)
United States
December 19, 2019 11:31am CST
and shined your flashlight at the stars? Wondering how long will that light take to get from me to the star I see?
I grew up in the house of a scientist and he always asked questions. I got that from him, asking questions like this.
So have you ever done that? Shined a light towr\ards a distant start and wondered will my light get there in 20 years, 40 years or more?
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
20 Jan 22
@rebelann it does, some of that light is really old
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
20 Jan 22
i love seeking stars/ Imagine that the tiny dot in the sky, could have sent that light a billion years ago.
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@DianneN (246678)
• United States
19 Dec 19
@DocAndersen Awesome! He was one heck of a scientist. Sagan, too. 
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
19 Dec 19
My father worked with NASA and got to meet Mr. Sagan. I have his autograph somewhere.
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@LindaOHio (156019)
• United States
20 Dec 19
I think just about everyone has. I think my light is still travelling.
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@Sojourn (13836)
• India
19 Dec 19
I sort of did that. I switched on torch in my terrace and pointed towards the marshland behind my house and asked myself despite light being an electromagnetic wave, why does it cannot be seen after a distance, why doesn't it not lights up infinitely. Like other electromagnetic waves which can penetrate walls, why can't light do so?
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
20 Dec 19
I have pondered the same question many times!
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
19 Dec 19
always fun to wonder what lies beyond
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@ExplorewtMe (6333)
• Nairobi, Kenya
19 Dec 19
I have tried it but never thought it when it will reach there.
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