Scale Of The Universe [Interactive]

Link - Be patient as it takes a few minutes to load the universe. :P

It just blows my mind!

I also recommend The Known Universe video by the American museum of Natural History. It slowly Pans out from earth all the way to silhouette of the mapped universe.

I also recommend The Known Universe video by the American museum of Natural History. It slowly Pans out from earth all the way to silhouette of the mapped universe.

Blue-Sky

I also recommend The Known Universe video by the American museum of Natural History. It slowly Pans out from earth all the way to silhouette of the mapped universe.

Blue-Sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Qthis is probably my favorite one.

I nearly crapped my pants at IC 1101.

That was a great interactive thingy.

Also check out the deep field picture, 10,000 galaxies in a mere 0.000024% of the sky. o_O

Very cool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Qthis is probably my favorite one.sSubZerOo

amazing!

[QUOTE="Blue-Sky"]

I also recommend The Known Universe video by the American museum of Natural History. It slowly Pans out from earth all the way to silhouette of the mapped universe.

sSubZerOo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Qthis is probably my favorite one.

Very cool vids and the interactive site is really pretty amazing, thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q this is probably my favorite one.sSubZerOo

I'd hate this to turn into a religious debate and me being the one who starts it, but i just can't can't understand how someone who's aware of the scale of the universe still believes in an anthropomorphic god. He created this vastness and put us i this small planet on the periphery of a small and insignificant galaxy, waited for few thousand years and then revealed his true nature to some people in the desert, then gave them a book full of contradictions. I'm stumped.Stavrogin_

So true. I wonder this all the time. Our universe is so huge, we have yet to comprhend everything that's inside it. If God told man to write the bible, thie Bible should be the most amazing book on the planet. It should tell about the wonders of the universe and stretch outside beyond Eartth. Since ancient man wrote this with having no knowledge of the stars and universe, it's shown from a Earthly perspective with no new things about the many wonders of the universe.

Big universe is big.

I'd hate this to turn into a religious debate and me being the one who starts it, but i just can't can't understand how someone who's aware of the scale of the universe still believes in an anthropomorphic god. He created this vastness and put us i this small planet on the periphery of a small and insignificant galaxy, waited for few thousand years and then revealed his true nature to some people in the desert, then gave them a book full of contradictions. I'm stumped.Stavrogin_

I have a new bookmark now thanks TC :)

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"]I'd hate this to turn into a religious debate and me being the one who starts it, but i just can't can't understand how someone who's aware of the scale of the universe still believes in an anthropomorphic god. He created this vastness and put us i this small planet on the periphery of a small and insignificant galaxy, waited for few thousand years and then revealed his true nature to some people in the desert, then gave them a book full of contradictions. I'm stumped.Ikouze

So true. I wonder this all the time. Our universe is so huge, we have yet to comprhend everything that's inside it. If God told man to write the bible, thie Bible should be the most amazing book on the planet. It should tell about the wonders of the universe and stretch outside beyond Eartth. Since ancient man wrote this with having no knowledge of the stars and universe, it's shown from a Earthly perspective with no new things about the many wonders of the universe.

What would be the use of God telling us about the universe when it has no real use to us?
Everything in the universe is so far spread apart that we will never get anywhere even at the speed of light.

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"]I'd hate this to turn into a religious debate and me being the one who starts it, but i just can't can't understand how someone who's aware of the scale of the universe still believes in an anthropomorphic god. He created this vastness and put us i this small planet on the periphery of a small and insignificant galaxy, waited for few thousand years and then revealed his true nature to some people in the desert, then gave them a book full of contradictions. I'm stumped.PS2_ROCKS

I'd hate this to turn into a religious debate and me being the one who starts it, but i just can't can't understand how someone who's aware of the scale of the universe still believes in an anthropomorphic god. He created this vastness and put us i this small planet on the periphery of a small and insignificant galaxy, waited for few thousand years and then revealed his true nature to some people in the desert, then gave them a book full of contradictions. I'm stumped.Stavrogin_

I wonder how anyone could look at that and think there is no God. I also wonder how, if God doesn't exist, why anyone would care. It's not amazing or beautiful but just a bunch of atoms bouncing around. And eventually it will be gone. So what.

I wonder how anyone could look at that and think there is no God.maheo30

That's actually pretty easy, first you look at the universe and you see it's magnitude then you look back and read the bible that says god created all this for man, sure it makes sense if you think the earth is flat and the sun evolves around it, with our planet being the center of the universe. But it doesn't make sense if you realize how vast the universe is and how insignificant our planet is.

Second, you like at the wonder of life and you say "wow, this is amazing, someone must've created this" but then the theory of evolution comes along and spoils everything and third you say, the chances of life flourishing are so small that there must be a god, but then you look at the vastness of the universe once again and realize that there are about 50 million planets on our galaxy only, that are at the right distance from the center of the galaxy so some of them may support life and suddenly the chances are much bigger. I can go on for a long time so i'll cut to the chase by paraphrasing Hawkings, god was not needed to create the universe. That's how i look at the universe and think there is no god.

I also wonder how, if God doesn't exist, why anyone would care. It's not amazing or beautiful but just a bunch of atoms bouncing around. And eventually it will be gone. So what.maheo30

Religion was made to give some sort of meaning to an otherwise pointless life, but heck, if you believe in god so dearly who am i to convince otherwise. I would certainly failed even if i tried so i'll just stop here.

Best thing i have seen all day thanks!

Too bad it's all a hologram. :P

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/hawking-holographic-universe/

I used some of the string theory foam that other day to shave, but it just didn't do the job. I still have what seems to be all of the stubble left. I want a refund.

[QUOTE="maheo30"]I wonder how anyone could look at that and think there is no God.Stavrogin_

That's actually pretty easy, first you look at the universe and you see it's magnitude then you look back and read the bible that says god created all this for man, sure it makes sense if you think the earth is flat and the sun evolves around it, with our planet being the center of the universe. But it doesn't make sense if you realize how vast the universe is and how insignificant our planet is.

Second, you like at the wonder of life and you say "wow, this is amazing, someone must've created this" but then the theory of evolution comes along and spoils everything and third you say, the chances of life flourishing are so small that there must be a god, but then you look at the vastness of the universe once again and realize that there are about 50 million planets on our galaxy only, that are at the right distance from the center of the galaxy so some of them may support life and suddenly the chances are much bigger. I can go on for a long time so i'll cut to the chase by paraphrasing Hawkings, god was not needed to create the universe. That's how i look at the universe and think there is no god.

I also wonder how, if God doesn't exist, why anyone would care. It's not amazing or beautiful but just a bunch of atoms bouncing around. And eventually it will be gone. So what.maheo30

Religion was made to give some sort of meaning to an otherwise pointless life, but heck, if you believe in god so dearly who am i to convince otherwise. I would certainly failed even if i tried so i'll just stop here.

I would argue that if there is a god.. How arrogant canwe be to believe that our doings is the center of the universe.. When in the grand scheme of things we are less than insignificant specks.. The universe will continue on its way after we are gone, the same as it did before we were here.

Not really new for me, but still pretty cool.

i'm not partaking in the religious arguement.

but it does - the scales - certainly boggles the mind.

It's hard to explain it to people who never took an interest in science beyeond what high school taught (your every day scales of 1 foot to a few hundred miles).

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"]I'd hate this to turn into a religious debate and me being the one who starts it, but i just can't can't understand how someone who's aware of the scale of the universe still believes in an anthropomorphic god. He created this vastness and put us i this small planet on the periphery of a small and insignificant galaxy, waited for few thousand years and then revealed his true nature to some people in the desert, then gave them a book full of contradictions. I'm stumped.PS2_ROCKS

I'd hate this to turn into a religious debate and me being the one who starts it, but i just can't can't understand how someone who's aware of the scale of the universe still believes in an anthropomorphic god. He created this vastness and put us i this small planet on the periphery of a small and insignificant galaxy, waited for few thousand years and then revealed his true nature to some people in the desert, then gave them a book full of contradictions. I'm stumped.Stavrogin_

I'd hate this to turn into a religious debate and me being the one who starts it, but i just can't can't understand how someone who's aware of the scale of the universe still believes in an anthropomorphic god. He created this vastness and put us i this small planet on the periphery of a small and insignificant galaxy, waited for few thousand years and then revealed his true nature to some people in the desert, then gave them a book full of contradictions. I'm stumped.Stavrogin_

what I felt like when I held down the arrow key in either direction:

[QUOTE="maheo30"]I wonder how anyone could look at that and think there is no God.Stavrogin_

That's actually pretty easy, first you look at the universe and you see it's magnitude then you look back and read the bible that says god created all this for man, sure it makes sense if you think the earth is flat and the sun evolves around it, with our planet being the center of the universe. But it doesn't make sense if you realize how vast the universe is and how insignificant our planet is.

Second, you like at the wonder of life and you say "wow, this is amazing, someone must've created this" but then the theory of evolution comes along and spoils everything and third you say, the chances of life flourishing are so small that there must be a god, but then you look at the vastness of the universe once again and realize that there are about 50 million planets on our galaxy only, that are at the right distance from the center of the galaxy so some of them may support life and suddenly the chances are much bigger. I can go on for a long time so i'll cut to the chase by paraphrasing Hawkings, god was not needed to create the universe. That's how i look at the universe and think there is no god.

I also wonder how, if God doesn't exist, why anyone would care. It's not amazing or beautiful but just a bunch of atoms bouncing around. And eventually it will be gone. So what.maheo30

Religion was made to give some sort of meaning to an otherwise pointless life, but heck, if you believe in god so dearly who am i to convince otherwise. I would certainly failed even if i tried so i'll just stop here.

wow that was one of the most narrow minded things! It's like putting all people of faith in the same group saying they believe exactly the same...charlesdarwin55

[QUOTE="charlesdarwin55"]wow that was one of the most narrow minded things! It's like putting all people of faith in the same group saying they believe exactly the same...Stavrogin_

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"][QUOTE="charlesdarwin55"]wow that was one of the most narrow minded things! It's like putting all people of faith in the same group saying they believe exactly the same...-Tish-

[QUOTE="charlesdarwin55"]wow that was one of the most narrow minded things! It's like putting all people of faith in the same group saying they believe exactly the same...Stavrogin_

[QUOTE="-Tish-"][QUOTE="Stavrogin_"] Okay then, tell me what do you believe in and we can discuss that.Stavrogin_

[QUOTE="-Tish-"][QUOTE="Stavrogin_"] Okay then, tell me what do you believe in and we can discuss that.Stavrogin_

The universe is mine!KC_Hokie

His name is charlesdarwin55. For his sake he better believe in evolution. -Tish-

His name is charlesdarwin55. For his sake he better believe in evolution. -Tish-

[QUOTE="PS2_ROCKS"][QUOTE="Stavrogin_"]I'd hate this to turn into a religious debate and me being the one who starts it, but i just can't can't understand how someone who's aware of the scale of the universe still believes in an anthropomorphic god. He created this vastness and put us i this small planet on the periphery of a small and insignificant galaxy, waited for few thousand years and then revealed his true nature to some people in the desert, then gave them a book full of contradictions. I'm stumped.Stavrogin_

How are we not special? We are beyond all the animals on Earth.
How is our significance measured anyway? Just because the universe is big we are insignificant?

[QUOTE="charlesdarwin55"][QUOTE="Stavrogin_"] Maybe he's just mocking him, his avatar suggests that.

-Tish-

And is that a problem for you?
Many believe in Evolution and God at the same time....

[QUOTE="charlesdarwin55"][QUOTE="Stavrogin_"] Maybe he's just mocking him, his avatar suggests that.

-Tish-

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"][QUOTE="charlesdarwin55"]wow that was one of the most narrow minded things! It's like putting all people of faith in the same group saying they believe exactly the same...charlesdarwin55