The Universe

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

This thread has lead me to the conclusion that I need a hug.
I want to forget how meaningless and impermanent I am.

 

[ae86gamer]

Seeing that picture made me feel small and insignificant. Very cool picture though.

 

[ShockValue]

This thread has lead me to the conclusion that I need a hug.
I want to forget how meaningless and impermanent I am.

Well ok but, just this once.

Thank you for blowing my mind away

Right lads!, this is it!, expedition time! we need a ship!, supplies!, guns! and we wont fuck it up like in the movies!. What shall we call the ship? i say Battle Toad! whos with me!

also can we please talk to the scientists about giving these planets cooler names? numbers are for squares!

Hell yeah Battle Toads!

I could be the navigator, or the random guy who dies 15 minutes in. Which ever pays better.

Do you have a redshirt?
we'll also need a scottish engineer! ill make do with irish but i'd prefer a scot

we'll need someone like ellen Ripley too if we want to survive with at least a fifth of the crew, and when we search planet WE DO NOT SPLIT UP AND SEARCH, also we wont go to that horrible planet of the apes!

I have a reddish shirt, I mean is the red shirt a must when it comes to getting eaten alive by some sort of alien?

 

[Silva]

I'm going to thank you for blowing my mind. Anyways interesting read.

The pleasure's all mine, and thanks for the thread. It's nice to see some people here are interested in astronomy.

This thread has lead me to the conclusion that I need a hug.
I want to forget how meaningless and impermanent I am.

Just remember that you've won an astronomical lottery to exist in the first place. Particularly if you look at chaos theory.

 

[ShockValue]

Seeing that picture made me feel small and insignificant. Very cool picture though.

Well it seems my job is complete. Bringing insignificance to everyone, one person at a time.

 

[whaleswiththumbs]

New sun? what like bigger? You do realize that the more massive a star is the shorter its life span right? And yes these pics are fascinating, puts things into perspective. We are just insignificant specks trying to make as much noise as possible.

EDIT: there is also that video on youtube about the the size of things in our universe

Hmm if only we didn't have to follow conservation of matter, the stupid law of physics...

 

[Pandalisk]

This thread has lead me to the conclusion that I need a hug.
I want to forget how meaningless and impermanent I am.

Well ok but, just this once.

Thank you for blowing my mind away

Right lads!, this is it!, expedition time! we need a ship!, supplies!, guns! and we wont fuck it up like in the movies!. What shall we call the ship? i say Battle Toad! whos with me!

also can we please talk to the scientists about giving these planets cooler names? numbers are for squares!

Hell yeah Battle Toads!

I could be the navigator, or the random guy who dies 15 minutes in. Which ever pays better.

Do you have a redshirt?
we'll also need a scottish engineer! ill make do with irish but i'd prefer a scot

we'll need someone like ellen Ripley too if we want to survive with at least a fifth of the crew, and when we search planet WE DO NOT SPLIT UP AND SEARCH, also we wont go to that horrible planet of the apes!

I have a reddish shirt, I mean is the red shirt a must when it comes to getting eaten alive by some sort of alien?

well i assume their like bulls, you can be my human shield! and blood doesn't show up on a red shirt so the more squeamish of the crew wont get ill

also from what little i know from the star trek universe, all Ensigns with red shirts die on every mission which i find amusing

 

[fontlas]

So already in the scope of the planet, I am insignificant...

What does that make me in the scope of the universe? >_>

Nothing...

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

That makes me feel very small and insecure. I'm going to bed =/

 

[ShockValue]

This thread has lead me to the conclusion that I need a hug.
I want to forget how meaningless and impermanent I am.

Well ok but, just this once.

Thank you for blowing my mind away

Right lads!, this is it!, expedition time! we need a ship!, supplies!, guns! and we wont fuck it up like in the movies!. What shall we call the ship? i say Battle Toad! whos with me!

also can we please talk to the scientists about giving these planets cooler names? numbers are for squares!

Hell yeah Battle Toads!

I could be the navigator, or the random guy who dies 15 minutes in. Which ever pays better.

Do you have a redshirt?
we'll also need a scottish engineer! ill make do with irish but i'd prefer a scot

we'll need someone like ellen Ripley too if we want to survive with at least a fifth of the crew, and when we search planet WE DO NOT SPLIT UP AND SEARCH, also we wont go to that horrible planet of the apes!

I have a reddish shirt, I mean is the red shirt a must when it comes to getting eaten alive by some sort of alien?

well i assume their like bulls, you can be my human shield! and blood doesn't show up on a red shirt so the more squeamish of the crew wont get ill

also from what little i know from the star trek universe, all Ensigns with red shirts die on every mission which i find amusing

Well ok seeing as how you put it that way. The most professional way to die is by dying while wearing a red shirt.

 

[Kogarian]

Holy shit, that is epic.

 

[mokes310]

Cool find bro, I enjoyed that picture quite a bit!

 

[Nickflip]

How, all I can think of now are the monty python universe song and the animaniacs universe song. Damn.

 

[Bofus Teefus]

I really didn't realize how big stars can get. That's freaking sweet.

Seeing that picture made me feel small and insignificant. Very cool picture though.

Well it seems my job is complete. Bringing insignificance to everyone, one person at a time.

Small doesn't mean insignificant. Add up the masses of all of the Escapists and we'll be small compared to even our own tiny Earth, but we're still pretty epic.

 

[Zelurien]

I now feel suitably insignificant for a Monday. Good work.

 

[Inverse Skies]

It's really amazing when you stop to consider just how big the universe is and how small we are in comparison. The problem is size, how do you go about comprehending something that big? We can't, we can barely comprehend the galaxy we're a part of not even considering the billions of other galaxies out there. It's quite extraordinary when you think about it.

 

[bodyklok]

0.o Wow now I feel small.

 

[Cozzzy]

Tiax still rules all!

But seriously, I can't even comprehend how big / how small things actually are in comparison to everything else out there.

While I'm here, you think that VY Canis Majoris (1800 - 2100) solar masses is big? Look up OJ 287; a black hole which is around 18 BILLION solar masses. Mind blowing.

 

[ace_of_something]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwvPHx4galM

That's all I gotta say

 

[chumpzilla_69]

Can't humans as a whole just acept its just REALLY REALLY BIG and move on?