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Posted on 5/27/21 at 9:48 am to Geekboy
Stuff like that makes me wonder if humans will survive as a species long enough to even physically travel halfway across our own galaxy.
I just don't see it. Unless there is some MAJOR technological breakthrough and someone invents a hyperdrive that we see in sci-fi movies. It will just take too long.
I just don't see it. Unless there is some MAJOR technological breakthrough and someone invents a hyperdrive that we see in sci-fi movies. It will just take too long.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 9:49 am to Geekboy
Fyi: When we go to heaven, we each get a galaxy. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 9:52 am to BiggerBear
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We are nowhere near as big as a speck of sand in comparison to the universe.
We are quite literally the size of Earth when compared to the Universe. I think you're going for a single speck of sand compared to all the beaches of Earth when compared to the Universe.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:02 am to PCRammer
So is light years a length of measurement or is that how long it takes to get there
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:07 am to Higgysmalls
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So is light years a length of measurement or is that how long it takes to get there
I think in terms of that video the light-year length is how long it would take to cross it. Example: they give the light-year of the milky way...well, we're already there so it would take 0.000000 light years to get to the milky way.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:07 am to Higgysmalls
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So is light years a length of measurement or is that how long it takes to get there
It's a length measurement.
It is the distance that light travels in one year.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:08 am to PCRammer
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I think in terms of that video the light-year length is how long it would take to cross it
I'm pretty sure it's measuring distance (diameter). Down in the corner it gives a reference that a light year is over one trillion km.
This post was edited on 5/27/21 at 10:10 am
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:12 am to IAmNERD
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I'm pretty sure it's measuring distance (diameter). Down in the corner it gives a reference that a light year is over one trillion km.
We're saying the same thing just in different terms. You're using the distance aspect of the light-year while I was referencing time, which is a set distance.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:13 am to Geekboy
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:13 am to PCRammer
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We're saying the same thing just in different terms. You're using the distance aspect of the light-year while I was referencing time, which is a set distance
Gotcha. Makes sense.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:22 am to Higgysmalls
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So is light years a length of measurement or is that how long it takes to get there
A light year is the distance light travels in a year. Considering the speed of light is approximately 186,000 miles a second that's a very long ways
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:23 am to Geekboy
Confirming that none of this shite matters
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:38 am to Geekboy
And there are actually people out there that are convinced Earth is the only planet with intelligent life (I use the word intelligent lightly).
Posted on 5/27/21 at 11:10 am to Geekboy
I was waiting for your mom to appear. Am disappointed.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 11:35 am to PCRammer
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We are quite literally the size of Earth when compared to the Universe. I think you're going for a single speck of sand compared to all the beaches of Earth when compared to the Universe.
I guess the idea of context given in the quote to which I was replying went over your head. There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on earth. "We," whatever the poster I quoted meant by that, aren't specks of sand in relation to the beach of a universe. We are much smaller.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 11:53 am to Geekboy
Just goes to show how small in insignificant we, as humans, are in the grand scheme of things.
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