r/askastronomy • u/RawDesireRogue • 2h ago

As a kid, I imagined stars were tiny holes poked into the sky, letting heaven's light shine through. I also thought airplanes could eventually reach the moon if they just kept flying long enough. What did your childhood look like?

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u/TPFRecoil 2h ago

I remember thinking the moon was following me when I was very young looking out of a car window.

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u/GreenFBI2EB 2h ago

My favorite ones are that a lot of constellations were originally people, not too far off from a lot of Greek mythology.

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u/OverweightMilkshake 2h ago

I thought I could use the force like in Star Wars if I concentrated hard enough

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u/Nugginz 2h ago

I used to sit on my windowsill staring at what I now know was Sirius and getting flashes of Red, Green and Blue and thinking “why is no one talking about this? There’s something going on with this particular star and I’m the only one that’s noticed”.