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Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Robert Anton Wilson — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:50:58 GMT

Author: Robert Anton Wilson

Posted: 08/13/2013 20:50

Well, the thing about space is that if you intend to satisfy it properly, then size matters. Otherwise it ends up full of nothing.

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:58:45 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/12/2013 20:58

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Past the universe.

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

ButterThumbz — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 04:21:52 GMT

Author: ButterThumbz

Posted: 07/15/2013 08:21

Here's an interesting page, focusing on the scale of things.

http://htwins.net/scale2/

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Anonymous — Sun, 9 Jun 2013 20:19:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/10/2013 00:19

ButterThumbz wrote:

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That was a long ride for sure! I'm watching videos about the universe again tonight.

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

ButterThumbz — Sat, 8 Jun 2013 19:56:22 GMT

Author: ButterThumbz

Posted: 06/08/2013 23:56

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Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

creator — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 20:26:06 GMT

Author: creator

Posted: 06/07/2013 00:26

an_outlaw wrote:

It is something interesting to think about then. I'll guess the answer has something to do with distance though.

Absolutely. Most of the light from stars has not reached us yet. Additionally, there are many stars redshifting faster than the speed of light, so we may never see them.

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Anonymous — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 20:20:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/07/2013 00:20

creator wrote:

One of the more interesting ideas in cosmology is Olbers' Paradox: if there are an infinite number of stars in the sky, then why is the night sky dark?

Their must be finite amount of them. Also the distance between everything has to be taken into consideration. Many of the brightest objects in the sky are Galaxies and Black Holes as well. Although... I think what you are saying is every possible space in the night sky must hold a star. It is something interesting to think about then. I'll guess the answer has something to do with distance though.

Found another video:

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Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

creator — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 20:15:23 GMT

Author: creator

Posted: 06/07/2013 00:15

One of the more interesting ideas in cosmology is Olbers' Paradox: if there are an infinite number of stars in the sky, then why is the night sky dark?

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Anonymous — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 20:12:20 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/07/2013 00:12

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That's not even a galaxy. It doesn't even highlight the space in between the objects.

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Anonymous — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 20:01:46 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/07/2013 00:01

Defago wrote:

Glad you learned how to google. You should try thinking now.

Ilya is the English spelling, Ilja is the native spelling.

Maybe you should try not trying to piss me off by implying I don't think. And btw, I've used Google thousands of times throughout my life.

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Necharsian — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 19:57:56 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 06/06/2013 23:57

Cymro2011 wrote:

Because of course all of the nonidiotic people are hockey fans.

Correct. But here ill save you the googling bryzgalov time and just help you learn

Link

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Defago — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 19:51:12 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 06/06/2013 23:51

JMan wrote:

Ilya has a y, not a j.

Glad you learned how to google. You should try thinking now.

Ilya is the English spelling, Ilja is the native spelling.

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Cymro2011 — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 19:50:54 GMT

Author: Cymro2011

Posted: 06/06/2013 23:50

Necharsian wrote:

outlaw = ilja bryzgalov

(if you get this then congrats you aren't an idiot)

Because of course all of the nonidiotic people are hockey fans.

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Anonymous — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 19:50:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/06/2013 23:50

Ilya has a y, not a j.

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Necharsian — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 19:47:44 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 06/06/2013 23:47

outlaw = ilja bryzgalov

(if you get this then congrats you aren't an idiot)

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Defago — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 19:27:26 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 06/06/2013 23:27

Jasonconfused wrote:

I don't think this is quite right. You could say we see everything in the past, but we're definitely living in the now. However, if you define living by what you see, then I guess you could we're living in the past.

Hmm. All you see is in the past. All sensory perception, in reality, because sound travels even slower than light and there's also a delay with smell, taste and touch. It could also be argued that there's a slight delay with thought processes (electrical currents in the brain take some time to travel around, as well as chemicals and other stuff). In practice none of this really matters, at close ranges the delays are insignificant, but it's still not a good thing to think about in bed.

I do grant you we "exist" in the present even if all of our perception and thought is delayed, but that depends on what "existing" means, and that would take too much time to discuss and derange the thread.

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Anonymous — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 19:25:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/06/2013 23:25

Maybe anything teaming with color. Either that or the stars.

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Jasonconfused — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 19:24:11 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 06/06/2013 23:24

Defago wrote:

You could say we live in the past, literally.

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Applerill — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 18:51:43 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 06/06/2013 22:51

What if we shoot a galaxy?

Re: Space, Galaxies, Stars and the Universe.

Defago — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 18:47:03 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 06/06/2013 22:47

Jasonconfused wrote:

Also, how crazy is it that when we look at the night sky, we are sort of looking back in time. Some of those stars might not even be there anymore. What if millions of light years away, there is another planet with people and extremely powerful telescopes, and they are looking at Earth. They wouldn't see us. Right now, in this very moment, they could be seeing dinosaurs and shit.

This troubles me, actually. Not really because of the stars, but because everything we perceive is in the past. The screen you're watching right now is not the screen in the present, but the screen of a fraction of a nanosecond ago. Everything you see is a past version of everything. You could say we live in the past, literally.