Putting things in perspective.. how small we really are

[Forevrbumpn]

I want to say the largest planet found so far is 8 times the size of Jupiter

Iam glad we have Sol at the center of our solar system rather than Betelguuise or Antares or Canis Major lol

[Azagtoth502]

Even though the gas giants aren't solid..still amazes me how huge they are.

[cgrez33]

Haha uranus.

[HHR Ed]

ahh, WASP-17B is so far the largest known planet.

Problem with large planets is that if they gain too much mass, they shrink under their own gravity. So to gain size, a planet needs to have low mass. If mass exceeds a certain point, it can form a star.

WASP-17B is about as dense as styrofoam, much less than Jupiter. But it is twice the size of Jupiter.

[Hotdog]

Here is a great video.. shows the dimension's of the planets / Stars

[bignickk]

i just got mind fucked. that was a pretty sick vid.

[HHR Ed]

the size is crazy, so are distances

[itsanthonyyadigg]

^^^^^ what he said

[HHR Ed]

When I think about these things, I think about how we can see possible evidence of life on other planets, and exciting new places. But, it saddens me that we can never go visit our neighbors. The expanses are too great, even to get to our next closest galaxy would take 2.5 million years at light speed. So with any understanding we have of travel and physics, it would be impossible to visit other galaxies in our lifetime, our children's, heck even our species' lifetime. That makes me sad.

Hopefully we can at least get to Mars in our lifetime.

[Robert8252]

What I find most interesting about this type of stuff is the fact that, when you look in the sky at night. You're looking at a star or galaxy as it was millions of years ago.