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Earendel (Astronomical Object)

25 pointsby brainlessdevtoday at 5:24 PM4 commentsview on HN

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pfdietztoday at 6:12 PM

A poignant thing about such objects is that our descendants will never reach them (unless FTL travel is a thing). Due to the accelerating expansion of the universe, even a beam of light directed at it will never reach it.

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goodwillhuntingtoday at 6:17 PM

For all us Silmarillion fans, we win again! :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%C3%A4rendil_and_Elwing

"Tolkien took Eärendil's name from the Old English name Earendel, found in the poem Crist 1, which hailed him as "brightest of angels"; this was the beginning of Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology."