The Universe! This is a must-see for everyone! (56k warning)

Has this blown your mind? Man, I love the universe -- it's so amazing.



And if you take all of that into consideration, imagine the planets possibly orbiting stars of that size? There could be an earth-like planet where Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, dwarfs in comparison. We probably haven't even explored a fraction of the entire universe yet. This is why this kind of stuff is amazing. It's the unknown -- and it's bound to blow your mind.

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I know, it's beautiful and terrifying at the same time.

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phillo99

The Universe truly is a miraculous place

We will never have the possibility to reach that far out into space. It would take a couple of lifetimes to make it that far away.ManifestoJoe

We will never have the possibility to reach that far out into space. It would take a couple of lifetimes to make it that far away.ManifestoJoe

More like 10,000 lifetimes.

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GTR2addict

i love the fact that our physics isnt able to comprehend the size of that one galaxy, and who is to say this is the only universe out there, we may be in one of many 'verses'....... was posting in a thread last night with someone who couldnt imagine earth being created by anything but god, but seriously when you look at all the possibilities of combinations out there in our universe, there is almost no way to fathom that this is the only planet sustaining life........

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musicaz70

Exactly. It doesn't matter how old the info is...it's still completely awe-inspiring.

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GTR2addict

It's not old to me.

Epic Pic!

Interesting too.

The Universe truly is a cluster**** of giant proportions of miraculous places

REA24409

Inb4 God made it

The "lol grab a snickers" caption ruined the moment:lol:

it may be old, but it always completely amazes and astounds me.

i always find this kind of stuff utterly fascinating.

I added a 56k warning to your thread title, please don't forget stuff like that when you decide to post 1.5MB pics. And I've seen this before. Gotta be honest, the Hubble Telescope story was cool but it has never blown my mind. That picture comparing the sizes of different stars on the other hand. >.>Hungry_bunny

It's pretty amazing, to say the least.

Thats pretty cool, even though I've already seen it.

The universe is big. I get it already.

Eh, space sucks, it has like asteroids n stuff that are going to blow up our poor planet..

With technology advancing at exponential rates, there's no doubt that we'll eventually find ways to get there, even if it would require travelling at the speed of light for 10 trillon years :P But really, I think we'll be there eventually,as long as we don't get screwed over by an asteroid hitting Earth or something.

I know, it's beautiful and terrifying at the same time.

ImmortalWrath12

I feel the same way as this. It's so mind boggling to consider, but at the same time its deeply frightening as well.

How many of you saw the Hale-Bopp comet?

That must be the most amazing thing I've ever seen...

With technology advancing at exponential rates, there's no doubt that we'll eventually find ways to get there, even if it would require travelling at the speed of light for 10 trillon years :P But really, I think we'll be there eventually,as long as we don't get screwed over by an asteroid hitting Earth or something.

jamejame

A lot of those facts are wrong. The universe was created around 6,000 years ago by God. But his creation certainly is amazing :) Silenthps

[QUOTE="ManifestoJoe"]We will never have the possibility to reach that far out into space. It would take a couple of lifetimes to make it that far away.WhiteSnake5000

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[QUOTE="ManifestoJoe"]We will never have the possibility to reach that far out into space. It would take a couple of lifetimes to make it that far away.ManifestoJoe

Why did I have to be born in an era where we struggle to reach the moon?:cry: Things like that tease me into the wonders that are out there

But Mass Effect has only about 10-20 galaxies. BioWare has some nerve to lie to me.Moroes

you sir, have made my day.

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phillo99

Someone posted this a bit back. I have it bookmarked.

I dont get it when it says "this picture depicts a time when the universe was only 800 million years old"... so are those galaxies existing right now?

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Steameffekt

It's not old to me.

Seen it before, but it's still awe-inspiring. The universe is an unfathomably expansive space, we as humans can't even comprehend it.

But Mass Effect has only about 10-20 galaxies. BioWare has some nerve to lie to me.Moroes

I dont get it when it says "this picture depicts a time when the universe was only 800 million years old"... so are those galaxies existing right now?

ferrari_102

Old but still cool

Old but amazing.

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I dont get it when it says "this picture depicts a time when the universe was only 800 million years old"... so are those galaxies existing right now?

karriston

For some reason, that never occured to me. Interesting to say the least.

what really amazes me is that if that picture was taken in complete blackness, imagine how bright the visible stars are

its also a shame, that if we do manage to be able to travel at the speed of light, nobody will be able to see everything our universe has to offer

its amazing, but i doubt we will even travel far for atleast three - five generations, but technology has advanced more in the lasttwenty years than the last two thousand

intriguing