Editing 3072: Stargazing 4

{{comic
| number    = 3072
| date      = April 4, 2025
| title     = Stargazing 4
| image     = stargazing_4_2x.png
| imagesize = 740x386px
| noexpand  = true
| titletext = We haven't actually seen a star fall in since we invented telescopes, but I have a list of ones I'm really hoping are next.
}}

==Explanation==
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This comic is part of the [[:Category:Stargazing|Stargazing]] series.
* '''First panel:''' Megan starts off the introduction saying that [[wikipedia:Yelp|Yelp]] reviews of the stargazing lesson regard her as not a qualified astronomer due to how simplistic her lessons are.
* '''Second panel:''' She states that there are over 20 stars in the sky and some of them are over the age of 100. While this is true, it is an extreme underestimation of their number and age, which respectively number in the thousands (for visible stars) and billions or millions of years.
* '''Third panel:''' She now states that there are more grains of sand in the Milky Way than grains of sand on Earth. Since the Earth's sand is a subset of all of the galaxy's sand, and there are more planets with sand other than Earth (such as Mars), there obviously is bound to be more grains of sand in the entirety of the Milky Way than on Earth. This is parodying the common saying that there are more stars in the Milky Way than grains of sand on Earth.
* '''Fourth panel:''' She finishes the lesson saying that there is a black hole in the center of our galaxy ([[wikipedia:Sagittarius A*|Sagittarius A*]]), and that stars sometimes fall in and get consumed by the black hole, also stating such events as "hilarious". When stars come too close to black holes, they experience a {{w|tidal disruption event}} (TDE), where a star is pulled apart by the black hole after exceeding its {{w|Roche limit}}. This creates streams of material that orbits the black hole and forms an accretion disk. She then proceeds saying that it's okay to laugh at the fate of the stars as their signals cannot escape the black hole due to its immense gravitational attraction, and so they cannot leave Yelp reviews on her lesson. However, as the Roche limit of a black hole is often greater than its Schwarzschild radius, reviews made just after the star begins spaghettification could still escape the black hole. {{actual citation needed}} Not only do stars not use any kind of human-made technology,{{citation needed}} but any information regarding the app Yelp has yet to reach any star near Sagittarius A*, and will only reach it in 27 thousand years.
* '''Title text''': She now claims that we haven't seen a star fall into a black hole since we invented telescopes. This is false as over a hundred TDEs have been discovered in a variety of wavelengths, including by the Hubble telescope. Megan also apparently has a list of stars he would want to see fall into black holes.

==Transcript==
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First panel:
Everything is black, Megan is in front of three others, ponytail, black hat and cueball.
Megan: Welcome back to stargazing.
According to some ''incredible'' rude yelp reviews, I'm "not informative" and "can't possibly be an astronomer" and "just kind of say words as they occur to me."
I guess some losers just hate cool space facts.

Second panel:
Now the sky is white, the floor is black, Megan is pointing at the sky, while six other characters stand beside her.
Megan: Anyway, that dot is a "star."
There are over 20 stars in the sky, and some of them are more than 100 years old.

Third panel:
Everything is black again, only Megan is visible.
Megan: Our galaxy is huge.
You know the beach? The big wet sandbox?
Well, there are more grains of sand in the milky way than all earth's beaches combined.

Not visible character on the left, probably ponytail: Wow.
Not visible character on the right, probably black hat: ...Wait.

Fourth Planel:
Everything is black again, ponytail is left of Megan, black hat on the left and a fourth character on the right corner.
Megan: The galaxy has a black hole at the center.
Sometimes stars fall in, which is ''hilarious''.
Dont't worry, it's okay to laugh. The gravity prevents signals from escaping, so they can't leave yelp reviews.
Title Text: We haven't actually seen a star fall in since we invented telescopes, but I have a list of ones I'm really hoping are next.

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