Very interesting video made of some pictures taken from the Hubble Telescope.
Caution, the subject could make some try to think too much trying to understand it.
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Very interesting video made of some pictures taken from the Hubble Telescope.
Caution, the subject could make some try to think too much trying to understand it.
Perhaps something like this fascinating video.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappie Reaper
How large is the universe? [VIDEO]
I saw this on the news. Mighty long tape rule to measure the distance. I love science and math.
This stuff is pretty cool -- always enjoy when Discovery Channel does shows on astronomy.
Scientist state (as fact) that the universe is 13.7 Billion years old....
And they know this because...uh ..they were there...??
What if you had a spacecraft, with unlimited fuel and the ability to avoid objects in space, you launched it going in one direction. Where would it stop??? Would it run into a wall?? If it run into a wall what would be on the otherside of the wall?? Would it go on for ever?? Just a thought. What do you think???
How about the Earth being like a flat stone skipping across the water. Every once in a while you hit the water and have a (Great Flood). Then it's back into the air waiting for the next skip. hum
As for me the shape of the earth is not in doubt but saying the shape of the universe is flat is something else and very interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Downwind
How do we know the universe is flat? [VIDEO]
I've always been somewhat confused by the definitions of
"Universe" = All known matter resulting from the big bang ????
"Cosmos" = Everything else on out further ad infinitum ???? (especially space where no matter exists = how far ????? (and how could it be flat if it's everywhere)
Please explain this to me,
Tx's .....
Best I could do for Universe Universe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaQuote:
Originally Posted by Phantom309
and Cosmos is Cosmos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
just the kind of stuff that tends to keep me occupied while it's iced up here where I'm not even catching any fish through holes in the ice. :mad: :confused: But it sure is :cool: stuff. :)
If you watched the video, it explains that it was estimated at that number by the number of light years it takes for the light of the galaxies to reach earth (or in this case, the Hubble telescope). Light is how time can be measured through space. In other words, what we are looking at in the video, is what those galaxies looked like 13.7 billion years ago. So, if that's the case, it's actually older because there is "X" amount of time it took for those galaxies to develop in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by rnvinc
Maybe the edge of the universe is merely a giant mirror and we're looking back on ourselves?
Perhaps we're only a cancerous cell inside some giants tumor?
That would definately be ironic...and an interesting thought...Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappie Reaper
If this be the case, then I know a few cells here that reside in the colon. haQuote:
Originally Posted by crappie reaper
You crack me up.
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Originally Posted by Cane Pole
:D:D:D Unbelievable.....Tom, you are a deep thinker.....Light years away from me...:D:D:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole