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		newobj on June 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Astronomers see a black hole awaken in real time What are the odds of being alive and having the technology in place to witness any galactic event, on the galactic timescale? That's just so wild to me.

mr_toad on June 20, 2024 | [–]

There are hundreds of billions of visible galaxies, which increases the odds.

saagarjha on June 19, 2024 | | [–]

Well, the galaxy being big helps ;)

layer8 on June 20, 2024 | [–]

number of observable galaxies > galactic timescale ÷ human lifetime

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