Space

[Junior]

In a world where science is based on facts and that is where truth comes from, how do we wrap our minds around the fact that space never ends?

Try to wrap your head around string theory. Or the theory that the energy that created the big bang was actually another universe bumping into ours. Eventually, I just quit because my head starts hurting.

 

[MLB 51]

Mars Rover Curiosity Spied from Space

 

[MLB 51]

Here Are Photos of Snow on Mars

 

[MLB 51]

Fast and Furious: Violent Short-Lived Stars Stunt Galaxy Growth

 

[knapplc]

A closeup shot of the Trifid Nebula.

 

[Comish]

For a brief moment, I thought I was staring at the empty vastness of Kevin Cosgrove's playbook.

 

[knapplc]

Here's a comparison of what the other planets would look like in our night sky if they were as close to Earth as the Moon:

The moon

Venus

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

 

[StPaulHusker]

That would be awesome if this was the night sky.

 

[GSG]

Something, something, "looking at Uranus" :lol:

 

[GM_Tood]

The Sombrero Galaxy (M104) is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by the thick dust lanes that make up its spiral structure. As seen from Earth, the galaxy is titled nearly edge on: We view it from just 6 degrees north of its equatorial plane.

At a relatively bright magnitude of +8, M104 is just beyond the limit of naked-eye visibility and is easily seen through small telescopes. The Sombrero lies at the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies and is one of the most massive objects in that group, equivalent to 800 billion suns.

The galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and is 28 million light-years from the Earth.

(pic taken from Hubble Telescope)

 

[BigRedBuster]

What if our solar system is really similar to atoms and we are living on electrons (earth) circling the nucleus (sun)? We then are microscopic (relatively speaking) particles and part of a huge living organism that is part of a mega eco system larger than our brains can fathom.

 

[RockyMountainOySker]

I think this is a pretty incredible link showing us the scale of the universe. Goes both ways from the incredibly small to the uncomprehendingly enormous.

http://htwins.net/scale2/ - Just scroll in and out.

 

[Count 'Bility]

What if our solar system is really similar to atoms and we are living on electrons (earth) circling the nucleus (sun)? We then are microscopic (relatively speaking) particles and part of a huge living organism that is part of a mega eco system larger than our brains can fathom.

I wonder about stuff like this EVERY FRICKIN DAY.

 

[B.B. Hemingway]

What if our solar system is really similar to atoms and we are living on electrons (earth) circling the nucleus (sun)? We then are microscopic (relatively speaking) particles and part of a huge living organism that is part of a mega eco system larger than our brains can fathom.

 

[GSG]

This is similar to the one Walks posted on the first page, but it's been updated to include some new information