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kadobanyesterday at 10:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

The Earth isn't the center of the galaxy, so this feels confusing/confused:

> So, as a general rule, the farther out astronomers look, the younger the stars are.


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raframtoday at 4:11 AM

The father out from the center of the galaxy they look, the younger the stars are.

jibaltoday at 5:04 AM

The location of the Earth is completely irrelevant. "closer" and "farther" refer to the center of the galaxy.