And you thought your commute was long. In today’s Starwatch (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/05/19/100out_d1stars001.cfm?refresh=yes), Mike Lynch reminds us just how far away all those pretty specks in the night sky are.
For instance, in the hour it takes you to travel 40 or 50 miles while clenching the steering wheel for dear life, the light from Saturn will cover more than 800 million miles in the soothing silence of space.
If you think that’s staggering, then you should sit down before pondering how much you’d have to spend on gas for a trip like that.
Speaking of money, a deep-sea salvage company in Florida says it has hauled up a pile of loot that any pirate would love to get his hook on: hundreds of thousands of gold and silver coins (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/05/19/100wir_a2motherlode001.cfm?refresh=yes).
The company, citing security reasons, said it would not divulge more details until it’s ready to make a formal announcement, which is a more adult way of saying, “Neener, neener, neener.”
— Katie Mayer, Herald staff
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