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[grateful zed]

Where do we come from? How did the universe begin? Why is the universe the way it is? How will it end?” These questions have baffled astrophysicists and mathematicians for centuries. We still have no clear explanation or evidence as to what our very purpose in this universe is. Hundreds of years ago, everyone believed that the Earth was at the center of the universe. Today we know better, but a complete picture of the universe remains elusive. From the ancient notion of a flat Earth to today’s theories on the very shape of past and future history, ideals of the universe have evolved with the help of scientific discovery and the eternal human imagination.

http://richworks.in/2010/08/40-spectacular-images-of-the-stellar-universe-and-beyond-from-nasa/

 

[Galileo]

Awesome stuff...

 

[matttyl]

Where do we come from? How did the universe begin? Why is the universe the way it is? How will it end?” These questions have baffled astrophysicists and mathematicians for centuries. We still have no clear explanation or evidence as to what our very purpose in this universe is. Hundreds of years ago, everyone believed that the Earth was at the center of the universe. Today we know better, but a complete picture of the universe remains elusive. From the ancient notion of a flat Earth to today’s theories on the very shape of past and future history, ideals of the universe have evolved with the help of scientific discovery and the eternal human imagination.

http://richworks.in/2010/08/40-spectacular-images-of-the-stellar-universe-and-beyond-from-nasa/

Well, 74% of us do....

 

[lod01]

If you really stop and analyze it, it really doesn't make any sense whatsoever. The universe can't be finite but how the hell can it be infinite? The closest I can come to rationalizing it is that if you headed straight up into space from earth, eventually you would arrive back at earth on the other side of the planet.

The big bang is a bunch of bull ####. Before the big bang, scientists believe, the entire vastness of the observable universe, including all of its matter and radiation, was compressed into a hot, dense mass just a few millimeters across. bull ####### ####.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

And away we go.......................

(On a serious note, those pics are really just awesome. Have seen almost all of them before, but some of them, especially the supernovas frozen in time are just amazing).

 

[Sarnoff]

How does Hubble Deep Field not make the best-of list?

 

[Parrothead]

its almost beyond comprehension how big the universe is and how little we really are..

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I don't suppose that there's a high resolution version of that first image in the article floating around out there? I must have that as a desktop wallpaper.

 

[lod01]

I don't suppose that there's a high resolution version of that first image in the article floating around out there? I must have that as a desktop wallpaper.

Did you click it to go to the page and then click the image there?

 

[Galileo]

it's almost beyond comprehension how big the universe is and how little we really are..

fixed

 

[joffer]

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I don't suppose that there's a high resolution version of that first image in the article floating around out there? I must have that as a desktop wallpaper.

Did you click it to go to the page and then click the image there?

Yeah, it's only 1280x688 there.

However, searching the filename in google I did manage to track it down to a deviant art page. For anyone that's interested: http://antifan-real.deviantart.com/art/Grand-Universe-17189369

 

[snogger]

If you really stop and analyze it, it really doesn't make any sense whatsoever. The universe can't be finite but how the hell can it be infinite? The closest I can come to rationalizing it is that if you headed straight up into space from earth, eventually you would arrive back at earth on the other side of the planet.

The big bang is a bunch of bull ####. Before the big bang, scientists believe, the entire vastness of the observable universe, including all of its matter and radiation, was compressed into a hot, dense mass just a few millimeters across. bull ####### ####.

I think you started off correctly there.. Just stop, or you will go

I took a Science Fiction Class in High School.. Yes, it was exactly what you think, we read Science Fiction books, and watched movies. ...

The instructor once put forth the last part of your first paragraph.. His wording was "You know how they say History repeats itself?? Well, maybe just maybe it's because at a certain point, as we drift through space, we actually catch back up with the "old" earth..

His class was a "trip" as only us "stoners" had any idea what the hell he was talking about during class.

10 years after I graduated he got busted smoking a joint on the roof of the High school which explained A LOT!

 

[Klimtology]

 

[joffer]

#24 is really cool

 

[grateful zed]

How does Hubble Deep Field not make the best-of list?

huh?

 

[DiStefano]

If you really stop and analyze it, it really doesn't make any sense whatsoever. The universe can't be finite but how the hell can it be infinite? The closest I can come to rationalizing it is that if you headed straight up into space from earth, eventually you would arrive back at earth on the other side of the planet.

The big bang is a bunch of bull ####. Before the big bang, scientists believe, the entire vastness of the observable universe, including all of its matter and radiation, was compressed into a hot, dense mass just a few millimeters across. bull ####### ####.

It's not really science because scientists have yet to replicate the Big Bang in their labs. No independent verification.

 

[Sarnoff]

How does Hubble Deep Field not make the best-of list?

huh?

If you're gonna compile a list of amazing and awe-inspiring pictures from NASA, the Hubble Deep Field or the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field has to make the list. Click those pictures to embiggen.

The pictures were taken of a very small, very dark portion of the sky. About one-thirteen-millionth of the night sky. The Hubble was aimed at the "darkest" point in the sky, a position where there are no visible stars in the night sky, appearing pure black to the human eye.

Every dot in the picture is an object that is far outside our galaxy. Each dot is, in fact, a different galaxy. Thousands of them, all in the smallest, emptiest spot we can see.

 

[Prince Myshkin]

How does Hubble Deep Field not make the best-of list?

huh?

If you're gonna compile a list of amazing and awe-inspiring pictures from NASA, the Hubble Deep Field or the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field has to make the list. Click those pictures to embiggen.

The pictures were taken of a very small, very dark portion of the sky. About one-thirteen-millionth of the night sky. The Hubble was aimed at the "darkest" point in the sky, a position where there are no visible stars in the night sky, appearing pure black to the human eye.

Every dot in the picture is an object that is far outside our galaxy. Each dot is, in fact, a different galaxy. Thousands of them, all in the smallest, emptiest spot we can see.

There's a newer version as well, I think it's called Extreme Deep or something like that.

ETA that Hubble Deep Field image absolutely blew my mind when I first saw it. Completely changed the way I thought about the universe.

 

[Mario Kart]

If you really stop and analyze it, it really doesn't make any sense whatsoever. The universe can't be finite but how the hell can it be infinite? The closest I can come to rationalizing it is that if you headed straight up into space from earth, eventually you would arrive back at earth on the other side of the planet.

The big bang is a bunch of bull ####. Before the big bang, scientists believe, the entire vastness of the observable universe, including all of its matter and radiation, was compressed into a hot, dense mass just a few millimeters across. bull ####### ####.

If we leave the north pole and end up on the south pole... we, essentially, traveled around the Universe. However, if we did the same thing on Earth, we know that outside of Earth is "Space". So, if we traveled around the Universe in the same way, what is on the outside of "Space" and can we get to it?

I don't think the Big Bang "began" our Universe... that is our Big Bang began, what we know today as, us. Our Big Bang was, probably, just another super nova where a star blew up and the remnants reformed. Rebirth, if you will. I think believing the Big Bang began the Universe as we know it is just as funny as the Earth being the center of our solar system. Doesn't make much sense to me.

 

[joffer]

The Big Bang was nothing like a supernova

 

[tri-man 47]

How does Hubble Deep Field not make the best-of list?

huh?

If you're gonna compile a list of amazing and awe-inspiring pictures from NASA, the Hubble Deep Field or the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field has to make the list. Click those pictures to embiggen.

The pictures were taken of a very small, very dark portion of the sky. About one-thirteen-millionth of the night sky. The Hubble was aimed at the "darkest" point in the sky, a position where there are no visible stars in the night sky, appearing pure black to the human eye.

Every dot in the picture is an object that is far outside our galaxy. Each dot is, in fact, a different galaxy. Thousands of them, all in the smallest, emptiest spot we can see.

Whoa.

 

[Billy Bats]

it's almost beyond comprehension how big the universe is and how little we really are..

fixed

Our galaxy is barely a speck in the existence of it all.

 

[Sarnoff]

How does Hubble Deep Field not make the best-of list?

huh?

If you're gonna compile a list of amazing and awe-inspiring pictures from NASA, the Hubble Deep Field or the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field has to make the list. Click those pictures to embiggen.

The pictures were taken of a very small, very dark portion of the sky. About one-thirteen-millionth of the night sky. The Hubble was aimed at the "darkest" point in the sky, a position where there are no visible stars in the night sky, appearing pure black to the human eye.

Every dot in the picture is an object that is far outside our galaxy. Each dot is, in fact, a different galaxy. Thousands of them, all in the smallest, emptiest spot we can see.

Whoa.

Seriously. Wikipedia the first one. In the space of the night sky that is the size of a tennis ball, if held 100 meters away, they counted 3,000 separate galaxies.

The second one is the size of a 1 millimeter x 1 millimeter scrap of paper held 1 meter away. One-tenth the diameter of the moon as seen from earth. They counted 10,000 galaxies in that space.

 

[joffer]

Pretty cool video

http://youtu.be/U1fvMSs9cps