Putting things in perspective.. how small we really are

[HHR Ed]

WHat I find poetic is that even as you look up at the night sky, and star light that is 1 billion years old shines upon you, the light does not age since time does not progress at light speed. So the light that traveled billions of light years to get here, arrives as fresh as the day it was made. It's brand new baby light.

Edited April 23, 2011 by HHR Ed

[byers319]

[may03LT]

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

Thanks for posting this! That kind of stuff is fascinating.

[bignickk]

with the almost infintie of galixes and stars and planets. how can there not be other life. mabey not a green alien but something that shows we can live somewhere else. i hope the future is like futerama lol

[zayres29]

you also have to take into consideration that those are just stars not galaxies or clusters or super clusters of bigger galaxies to be totally honest its incomprehensible how small we are

it is also extremely arrogant and ignorant to think we are the only life in the entire universe

Edited April 24, 2011 by zayres29

[dwright27]

WHat I find poetic is that even as you look up at the night sky, and star light that is 1 billion years old shines upon you, the light does not age since time does not progress at light speed. So the light that traveled billions of light years to get here, arrives as fresh as the day it was made. It's brand new baby light.

if time doesnt progress at light speed then, if we could travel light speed we wouldnt age correct?

[HHR Ed]

WHat I find poetic is that even as you look up at the night sky, and star light that is 1 billion years old shines upon you, the light does not age since time does not progress at light speed. So the light that traveled billions of light years to get here, arrives as fresh as the day it was made. It's brand new baby light.

if time doesnt progress at light speed then, if we could travel light speed we wouldnt age correct?

Correct, but we are made of matter, and the energy needed to accelerate matter to the speed of light exceeds the amount of energy in the universe. And if we did have that much energy, we would destroy the universe if we ever collided with even a single atom floating in space.

So we can go almost as fast as the speed of light and slow down our aging. But then, we are still limited to just the few nearest starts because at 10 light years away, a round trip would take 20+ years on earth. But if we went to more distant stars, time on Earth would have travel very far and family and friends would be gone upon our return. It's a common thought that a distant trip would be one way.

[huh?do-what?]

earth is a dingleberry hanging from a cosmic pube, at the edge of the asshole of the universe.

[tsuch20]

GNAR GNAR !!!

[Baydestrian]

I love watching videos on the universe. Really blows your mind to see how minuscule we are.