mojowind t1_j6dpq6b wrote on January 29, 2023 at 4:57 PM

Reply to Finished the first four Earthsea books, and I have been storing an emotional ramble inside (super long post, sorry!) by yellowyellow2

Thanks for posting. I first read these when I was a 10 year old boy. I remember how much I loved them. So last night I decided to read them again. Really enjoying my change in perspective as an adult, and still enjoying the masterful storytelling.

mojowind t1_j4kmzg3 wrote on January 16, 2023 at 11:15 AM

Reply to comment by Ordoshsen in How do we know that we are in a certain place inside our galaxy? and how do we know how big it is just by looking at the cross section we are in? by friday_panda

The Gaia satellite is able to measure parallax with an unprecedented precision. Parallax is possible for the thousands that can be seen with the naked eye, and potentially any star in the Milky Way which we have a line of sight view.