Laniakea - our home sweet home (1 Viewer)

[Sinn Fein]

Earth - Just a speck inside a larger speck inside a larger speck...

 

[Sinn Fein]

Earth and God in perspective

 

[beer 30]

Keep this in mind as I approach my day-to-day activities

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q-IJ3KqO9zA/UQLi7VrHraI/AAAAAAAAe-g/HpMxULBCb5o/s1600/YouAreHere.jpg

 

[Limp Ditka]

Your just looking for more places to put the Israelites, aren't you?

 

[Sinn Fein]

Your just looking for more places to put the Israelites, aren't you?

I'll give them Virgo, or any supercluster that is closer to the Great Attractor

 

[Sinn Fein]

The original pale blue dot

 

[Fat Nick]

Keep this in mind as I approach my day-to-day activities

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q-IJ3KqO9zA/UQLi7VrHraI/AAAAAAAAe-g/HpMxULBCb5o/s1600/YouAreHere.jpg

I agree. I think we all, in general, think we are way too special and unique. I took a bunch of astronomy classes in college...enough to get a minor in astronomy...mainly because they were usually dark and the basic ones were easy, so I could nap and earn credits. The one thing I took away from them that made me kind of re-think life was the Drake Equation...

 

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Pretty awesome vid. Thanks for sharing.

 

[beer 30]

Keep this in mind as I approach my day-to-day activities

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q-IJ3KqO9zA/UQLi7VrHraI/AAAAAAAAe-g/HpMxULBCb5o/s1600/YouAreHere.jpg

I agree. I think we all, in general, think we are way too special and unique. I took a bunch of astronomy classes in college...enough to get a minor in astronomy...mainly because they were usually dark and the basic ones were easy, so I could nap and earn credits. The one thing I took away from them that made me kind of re-think life was the Drake Equation...

In November 2013, astronomers reported, based on Kepler space mission data, that there could be as many as 40 billion Earth-sized planets orbiting in the habitable zones of sun-like stars and red dwarf stars within the Milky Way Galaxy. 11 billion of these estimated planets may be orbiting sun-like stars.

Sums it up nicely

 

[Fat Nick]

Keep this in mind as I approach my day-to-day activities

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q-IJ3KqO9zA/UQLi7VrHraI/AAAAAAAAe-g/HpMxULBCb5o/s1600/YouAreHere.jpg

I agree. I think we all, in general, think we are way too special and unique. I took a bunch of astronomy classes in college...enough to get a minor in astronomy...mainly because they were usually dark and the basic ones were easy, so I could nap and earn credits. The one thing I took away from them that made me kind of re-think life was the Drake Equation...

In November 2013, astronomers reported, based on Kepler space mission data, that there could be as many as 40 billion Earth-sized planets orbiting in the habitable zones of sun-like stars and red dwarf stars within the Milky Way Galaxy. 11 billion of these estimated planets may be orbiting sun-like stars.

Sums it up nicely

Billions....just our galaxy...How can anyone think we're somehow unique?

 

[Otis]

Blackdot for later. Love this kind of thing.

 

[Brony]

Keep this in mind as I approach my day-to-day activities

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q-IJ3KqO9zA/UQLi7VrHraI/AAAAAAAAe-g/HpMxULBCb5o/s1600/YouAreHere.jpg

I agree. I think we all, in general, think we are way too special and unique. I took a bunch of astronomy classes in college...enough to get a minor in astronomy...mainly because they were usually dark and the basic ones were easy, so I could nap and earn credits. The one thing I took away from them that made me kind of re-think life was the Drake Equation...

I like to imagine that there is life on other planets, but the extraterrestrial life forms in my imagination are little paramecium that couldn't give a #### all about radio transmissions.

 

[Ignoramus]

Keep this in mind as I approach my day-to-day activities

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q-IJ3KqO9zA/UQLi7VrHraI/AAAAAAAAe-g/HpMxULBCb5o/s1600/YouAreHere.jpg

I agree. I think we all, in general, think we are way too special and unique. I took a bunch of astronomy classes in college...enough to get a minor in astronomy...mainly because they were usually dark and the basic ones were easy, so I could nap and earn credits. The one thing I took away from them that made me kind of re-think life was the Drake Equation...

In November 2013, astronomers reported, based on Kepler space mission data, that there could be as many as 40 billion Earth-sized planets orbiting in the habitable zones of sun-like stars and red dwarf stars within the Milky Way Galaxy. 11 billion of these estimated planets may be orbiting sun-like stars.Sums it up nicely

Billions....just our galaxy...How can anyone think we're somehow unique?

Plus there are an estimated hundred billion galaxies.But you're a snowflake.

 

[beer 30]

Keep this in mind as I approach my day-to-day activities

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q-IJ3KqO9zA/UQLi7VrHraI/AAAAAAAAe-g/HpMxULBCb5o/s1600/YouAreHere.jpg

I agree. I think we all, in general, think we are way too special and unique. I took a bunch of astronomy classes in college...enough to get a minor in astronomy...mainly because they were usually dark and the basic ones were easy, so I could nap and earn credits. The one thing I took away from them that made me kind of re-think life was the Drake Equation...

In November 2013, astronomers reported, based on Kepler space mission data, that there could be as many as 40 billion Earth-sized planets orbiting in the habitable zones of sun-like stars and red dwarf stars within the Milky Way Galaxy. 11 billion of these estimated planets may be orbiting sun-like stars.

Sums it up nicely

Billions....just our galaxy...How can anyone think we're somehow unique?

I like to think I'm about as special as it gets...that's what mom always said.

 

[Fat Nick]

Keep this in mind as I approach my day-to-day activities

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q-IJ3KqO9zA/UQLi7VrHraI/AAAAAAAAe-g/HpMxULBCb5o/s1600/YouAreHere.jpg

I agree. I think we all, in general, think we are way too special and unique. I took a bunch of astronomy classes in college...enough to get a minor in astronomy...mainly because they were usually dark and the basic ones were easy, so I could nap and earn credits. The one thing I took away from them that made me kind of re-think life was the Drake Equation...

I like to imagine that there is life on other planets, but the extraterrestrial life forms in my imagination are little paramecium that couldn't give a #### all about radio transmissions.

Out of curiosity, what percentage of life do you think is paramecium vs. what could give a #### about radio transmissions?

 

[Ned]

I wish I could even begin to fathom what this really means.

 

[Brony]

Keep this in mind as I approach my day-to-day activities

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q-IJ3KqO9zA/UQLi7VrHraI/AAAAAAAAe-g/HpMxULBCb5o/s1600/YouAreHere.jpg

I agree. I think we all, in general, think we are way too special and unique. I took a bunch of astronomy classes in college...enough to get a minor in astronomy...mainly because they were usually dark and the basic ones were easy, so I could nap and earn credits. The one thing I took away from them that made me kind of re-think life was the Drake Equation...

I like to imagine that there is life on other planets, but the extraterrestrial life forms in my imagination are little paramecium that couldn't give a #### all about radio transmissions.

Out of curiosity, what percentage of life do you think is paramecium vs. what could give a #### about radio transmissions?

Well, when you consider that earth inhabitants have only known about radio for 120 years of the 4.5 Billion years, I'm going to say that it's low. Not to say that extraterrestrial life couldn't also focus on radio communications, I'm just saying that radio is one form of communication and there may be many others that aren't even discovered. I don't have better ideas, I just picture SETI scientists as the ham radio operators of the universe. If you are looking for an insightful debate, you won't get one here.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Exactly - imagine a world on the other side of our galaxy, that happened to evolve exactly the same time and rate as life evolved on earth. Lets say they are 60,000 light years away (about 1/2 the distance of the Milky Way). Its going to take 60,000 years for radio signals we sent to reach them - or their signal to reach us - and that assumes that we were/are aiming our radio signals in their direction. Now, do you think we'll still be listening to radio signals in 60,000 years? I imagine that in 60,000 years we will have moved on to new technologies, and will have long forgotten about radio waves. Now imagine different worlds developing at different times and at different rates, and it would be nearly impossible for two civilizations to be able to communicate with each other via radio waves - it will take a much different, more instantaneous, form of communication to really be effective/possible.

 

[beer 30]

I wish I could even begin to fathom what this really means.

You've been to a beach, pick up a grain of sand. Imagine being less relevant than that.