Scientists closer to finding quantum gravity theory after measuring gravity on microscopic level (research paper near the bottom) (phys.org)

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

One attoparsec is about 3cm.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

No one uses attoparsecs any more than they use beard-seconds or Hubble-barns.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

You made me look these up and they are hilarious. Thanks for making my day! Here are a few more on the same page, along with beard-seconds and Hubble-barns.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

as a rule of thumb: the diameter of a banana is about one attoparsec. the length of a banana is about one banana, for scale.

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