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re: Neat picture of two galaxies that passed each other
Posted on 12/2/16 at 1:04 am to TheIndulger
Posted on 12/2/16 at 1:04 am to TheIndulger
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There's definitely other life out there. It seems far more improbable that we would be the only planet to have life forms, than for other planets to have life.
It's a no brainer. There are more stars in our galaxy than there are grains of sand on Earth, and there are more galaxies than the stars in the Milky Way.
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Posted on 12/2/16 at 1:05 am to jefforize
Yeah I try to avoid political posts. Probably why I don't remember much about him.
He was from Montana supposedly, correct? Only reason I seem to recall that is the username.
And I might be confused about that.
He was from Montana supposedly, correct? Only reason I seem to recall that is the username.
And I might be confused about that.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 1:07 am to Winston Cup
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Where were these galaxies when I was in school?
Posted on 12/2/16 at 1:13 am to ByteMe
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There are more stars in our galaxy than there are grains of sand on Earth, and there are more galaxies than the stars in the Milky Way.
Damn.
I tried for about 5 mins to come up with either something witty, original, or intelligent to say back about this and.....nothing. Just damn.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 1:16 am to ByteMe
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It's a no brainer. There are more stars in our galaxy than there are grains of sand on Earth, and there are more galaxies than the stars in the Milky Way.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 3:20 am to Titus Pullo
Sometimes it takes humor to try to put into prospective how vast space is. My favorite is Douglas Adams in his HIthikers books:
Or, more simply:
From Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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Bigger than the biggest thing ever and then some. Much bigger than that in fact, really amazingly immense, a totally stunning size, real “wow, that’s big,” time. Infinity is just so big that by comparison, bigness itself looks real titchy. Gigantic multiplied by colossal multiplied by staggeringly huge is the sort of concept we’re trying to get across here
Or, more simply:
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Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.
From Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:04 am to Titus Pullo
Armageddon was a movie, not a documentary
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:18 am to DavidTheGnome
This video is another perspective on how small we really are. Don't ignore the video because of its title, there is no discussion of religion in it, just some shots of space with commentary.
LINK
Also, yet another perspective from a group that produced an actual scale model of our solar system in the desert with scaled size planets and distances. Very cool.
Article
Video
Here's an excerpt from the article.
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Also, yet another perspective from a group that produced an actual scale model of our solar system in the desert with scaled size planets and distances. Very cool.
Article
Video
Here's an excerpt from the article.
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"If you put the orbits to scale on a piece of paper, the planets become microscopic, and you won't be able to see them," Overstreet says in the 7-minute video, which has been viewed more than 1.4 million times since it was posted on YouTube Sept. 16. "There is literally not an image that adequately shows you what it actually looks like from out there. The only way to see a scale model of the solar system is to build one."
So that's what Overstreet, Gorosh and the rest of the group decided to do. They constructed their miniature solar system on a sunbaked playa in the Black Rock Desert (where the Burning Man festival is held every summer) over the course of 36 hours, marking out the planets' orbits by dragging sections of chain-link fence behind a vehicle.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 5:43 am to DavidTheGnome
One will suck the other one dry.......
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:03 am to SabiDojo
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What's wild and scary is that the universe is expanding at an alarmingly accelerating rate...and we don't know why.
Not so fast my friend.
Data shows the speed of light is slowing down, which throws the 'expanding universe' theories out the window.
The universe appears to be finite and measurable.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:12 am to TheIndulger
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There are an estimated 100 billion stars in our galaxy and something like 10 trillion different galaxies. The scale of that is just massive.
Something mindblowing: There are more possible games of chess that atoms in the entire universe.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:14 am to Methuselah
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Bigger than the biggest thing ever and then some. Much bigger than that in fact, really amazingly immense, a totally stunning size, real “wow, that’s big,” time. Infinity is just so big that by comparison, bigness itself looks real titchy. Gigantic multiplied by colossal multiplied by staggeringly huge is the sort of concept we’re trying to get across here
Or, more simply:
quote:
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.
Or most simply:
quote:
Bigly
"Brevity is the sincerest form of wit" - @realDonaldTRUMP!
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:18 am to ByteMe
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There are more stars in our galaxy than there are grains of sand on Earth, and there are more galaxies than the stars in the Milky Way.
it's really unbelievable.
I would give so much in life to go back and study astrophysics. geology and geophysics is great, but put into perspective with space it seems boring as hell.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:23 am to Meauxjeaux
What I can't fathom is where exactly is the universe expanding to? If matter can neither be created or destroyed, shouldn't the same hold true for space? And if that is the case, wouldn't that mean the areas that the inverse is already expanding into already exist? What's there now then? Is it like an empty room waiting for furniture? Is it like the Truman Show and eventually there's a wall to hit? What the hell is in the other side of that wall if so?
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:25 am to DavidTheGnome
I don't see how anyone can look at something so beautuful and amazing and still not believe in God.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:29 am to meeple
frick those guys for not including pluto. Dwarf or not, it's still a planet to me.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:33 am to Michael T. Tiger
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What I can't fathom is where exactly is the universe expanding to? If matter can neither be created or destroyed, shouldn't the same hold true for space? And if that is the case, wouldn't that mean the areas that the inverse is already expanding into already exist? What's there now then? Is it like an empty room waiting for furniture? Is it like the Truman Show and eventually there's a wall to hit? What the hell is in the other side of that wall if so?
I truly believe that we as a species are not intelligent enough to understand this complexity. Matter can neither be created nor destroyed in our world, but when we get out there, I'm not so sure we're not in our world any more.
ETA: Neil's exact quote
"What keeps me awake at night: wondering whether human species is just too stupid to figure out the Universe."
This post was edited on 12/2/16 at 6:37 am
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:34 am to GeauxxxTigers23
Nearly 4 pages without a bad post (potentially the OT thread of the year), and you have to come and troll away with religious beliefs. Once again proving how terrible a poster you are.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 6:58 am to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 12/2/16 at 7:00 am to thegreatboudini
I absolutely believe humans are too stupid to figure the universe out, we never will and weren't meant to. Our mistake is considering ourselves intelligent instead of just the least dumb earthlings
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