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HN comment orderFor getting the feel of the milky way, I think there's nothing that is better able to simulate it than a video game, ala Elite Dangerous. I loved to navigate its galaxy map. The size of the Milky Way, the numbers of stars and distances between them are of scale in there if I recall correctly.
Many of these stars have planets orbiting them, likely discovered after the author wrote this page. There are some references to planetary systems, but few compared to what has been discovered since. Proxima Centauri has at least one planet orbiting it (in the habitable zone!), for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri Barnard's star also has a planet, contrary to the claim on the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard%27s_Star#Planetary_sys...
This can clear up some misconceptions about cosmological distance http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/redshift.html
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 435
- Total comments
- 259
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-08-10 | Maps of the universe | guana | 3 | 1 |
| 2020-02-20 | The Universe Within 12.5 Light YearsFirst breakout | dluan | 164 | 68 |
| 2025-09-05 | The Universe Within 12.5 Light YearsBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | algorithmista | 268 | 190 |