The Universe is big. Like, REALLY big.
How big is the universe? Far bigger than we can conceive. Want to really feel overwhelmed? Just look at how big our Solar System is. Our solar system is bigger than we can conceive.
Here is a very accurate, virtually to scale representation of the size of our solar system. http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/...larsystem.html Pro-tip: When scrolling over, you are going to want to press your scroll-wheel down and then move the cursor to the right to make scrolling much more bearable. Also, don't check this out at school or work. It'll take too long to do. I encourage people to try and stay with this to the end. It'll give you some idea of just how big our solar system is. Once you have a better understanding (but still incredibly vague) of just how big our solar system is, just remember that the solar system is an ABSOLUTELY TINY part of our galaxy, and that our galaxy is an ABSOLUTELY TINY part of the known universe (and we only have an idea of how big of the universe is up to a certain point; we don't really know just how big it is). |
just seeing how the Earth is like a "teeny tiny dot", I wonder how the human race see themselves
on that dot? we're pretty much invisible...lol. I really would like to travel to another planet that is like our Earth one of these days...even Mars would be nice once we can live there like that one show, Aria the animation. ^ ^ but yeah, the universe is much too big. and I did tried scrolling through in the link, but it was just too long and tedious, I just mouse scroll it through. (so many teeny tiny planets) :P |
Isn't it sad, Pluto?
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**** If you try to contemplate the distance of the sun to Pluto, you should keep in mind that the planets revolve around the sun, and that the full span of Pluto's orbit, from one point to another point 180 degrees later in orbit, would be all that distance scrolling to the right in addition to the same length in the opposite direction; to the left of the sun. |
The real amazing thing is how folding a piece of paper in half 100+x gives you thickness = to the visible universe's size lol
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Try scrolling this while Haddaway's "What is Love?" plays on loop. :)
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Pluto is better off with the other icy bodies like Eris, that way it's no longer a black sheep of the family.
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Now imagine a star whose diameter is bigger than the distance between the sun and Saturn.
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Image via the Voyager probes of Earth, from many AU away.
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good thread
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The Universe Contains 10 to 20 Times More Galaxies
Than We Thought: "A new study from a team of international astronomers, led by astrophysicists from the University of Nottingham with support from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), has produced some astounding results: The universe contains at least two trillion galaxies, 10 times more than the highest previous estimates. What's more, the new study suggests that 90 percent of all galaxies are hidden from us, and only the remaining 10 percent can be seen at all, even with our most powerful telescopes. The paper detailing the study was published today in the Astrophysical Journal. "We are missing the vast majority of galaxies because they are very faint and far away," said Nottingham Astrophysics Professor Christopher Conselice in an RAS press release. "The number of galaxies in the universe is a fundamental question in astronomy, and it boggles the mind that over 90 percent of the galaxies in the cosmos have yet to be studied. Who knows what interesting properties we will find when we study these galaxies with the next generation of telescopes?"" See: http://www.popularmechanics.com/spac...more-galaxies/ So, have we finally answered the question of the Universe's "missing mass"? |
Brings a new definition to "deep space exploration".
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In a large universe we have now seen this thing:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...cid=spartanntp Reminds me of a Mon Calamari cruiser from Star Wars. |
The star that's 'older than the universe':
"Astronomers are baffled by new measurements of the age of the universe which appear to suggest it's younger than some of the stars it contains. According to their best estimates, the universe is about 13.8 billion years old - but there's a star relatively near to Earth, HD 140283, which appears to be 14.5 billion years old. "It's a riddle of cosmic proportions: how can the universe contain stars older than itself?" physicist Robert Matthews wrote for The National, an English-language newspaper published in UAE. "That's the conundrum now facing astronomers trying to establish the age of the universe - and its resolution could spark a scientific revolution." See: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world...-universe.html |
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