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On the other hand, if it was created in an ephemeral event you have an absolute maximum of 300 nanoseconds to point your telescope at it :) (taking your number on faith)


Oops, I did it wrong. I skipped a zero.

They state that the particle differs from light by 1 cm every 220,000 years. Considering the age of the universe is about 14 billion years, that works out to 63636 cm. It takes light 2210 nanoseconds to cover that distance.

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=light+over+%2814+billi...




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