I Want to Know More About the Universe

It amazes me how big our galaxy is and that most of the "stars" we see are actually galaxies. There are a zillion of them! The universe is a big place.

I'm quite obsessed and in love with the sacred cosmos too.💙

I am an amateur astronomer, with a small telescope.

One night, I was looking at the Andromeda galaxy, our "nearest neighbor" galaxy, if you don't count the Magellanic Clouds, which are "satellite galaxies" of the Milky Way (and only visible from the southern hemisphere).

Andromeda is shaped similarly to the Milky Way, but it is larger. As I was staring through my telescope at it, I had the weird thought that perhaps there was some creature on some planet in that galaxy who at that same moment was staring through a telescope at the Milky Way!

I do realize that due to the finite speed of light, I was looking at light that left the Andromeda galaxy a long time ago. Still, I had this image in my mind of me and the Andromedan, each staring at each other through our telescopes!

I believe that there is life out there.

Exactly. I can't believe that amongst all the billions of stars hosting billions of orbiting planets Earth is the only one supporting life.

I find documentaries of the universe and cosmos are so interesting. Personally I prefer watching them over the 30 minute sitcoms with one insult after another and laugh track every 20 seconds. Also the brainless scripted reality shows.

Beautiful post!

There are more stars across the solar systems, than are grains of sand upon the earth.
With the distance between a single star measured in years of travel, at the speed of light.

To consider space, is to contemplate infinity. The outer reaches of which cannot be defined.
In its vast expanse, anything is possible.

On its balanced clockwork, a universe turns. Planets precess and spin. Where somewhere out beyond, is an undiscovered people; perhaps an almighty God.

Earth is the only physical plane in existence. There are no "planets." Everything we think we know about outer space comes from a corrupt government agency called NASA.

Yeah, it's good to look at the stars and wondering stars (aka planets) just know that they are unobtainable. You should research flat Earth. There is tons of information about the true nature of our world on YouTube. Although it is and has been heavily censored for years.

The mainstream media wants people to think that flat Earthers are crazy, but we aren't. We just took the non-existent globe apart and were unable to find one legitimate proof for it.

Take it slow, and do not trust the TV. It's the most successful brainwashing tool ever conceived. Don't trust me either. You should only trust things that you can PROVE for yourself.

What is a "planet", or a "solar system?", OR "a galaxy?" I have never heard words like that. Please explain. Thanks

I agree and love looking out at the night sky!🤩✨🌟💫☄️

I would be disappointed, and surprised if the only life in the universe was on our planet.

I’ve been getting up very early in the morning recently and both Mars and Venus have been brilliant in the clear sky. Mars to the east and Venus to West.

It's funny I should come across this post because I saw Jupiter and Saturn just after sunset through binoculars on Christmas Day. Two ponts of light, one quite bright, the other fainter. Amazing to see things so very far away, but then the gas giants are truly gigantic. There might even be some form of life, maybe around a thermal vent on a moon somewhere, but nothing we might have a conversation with.

Jupiter and Saturn are fairly close in the sky at the moment. They won't line up again until some time towards the end of this century.

@samueltyler2 In my part of the world, Christmas Day was dry, cold and, for the most part, clear. There were a few clouds but the didn't obscure the view. Yes, a lucky moment.

The Universe is really complex and we will know more about it as each year passes, especially when it comes to the time-space continuum. I have read that if time-travel were possible, you can only travel back to a time when a time-machine had been invented which makes the whole time-travel thing pointless.

But what I do love about space is time dilation, when you are floating around up there, you can preserve yourself, so 5 years in space can be longer on Earth. And so you go up there and the time come back, people that you know, friends will have aged more, whereas you might not have aged as much.

I have recently been watching some of the old TV programmes . Cosmos ,by the late Karl Sagan. It was excellent . You can view them on youtube.

I get concerned that we won't know everything in my lifetime, but hopeful that humanity will eventually learn it all.

OMG agree like 100,000,000%

Life is such a gift and we know so little about it

Eagerly waiting for James Webb telescope to be launch. It will provide us much better information of outer space.

Life yes. Complex life maybe. Sentient life. Not sure

try meditating or something.

Gosh it is amazing!I'm always looking.

I wonder if we will ever know

So many unanswered questions that will never be answered in my lifetime.
Do you have the answers?

It's a fascinating subject. The universe is so huge I suspect there is plenty of life out there but, whether any lifeforms will be able to develop the technology to find each other, who knows.

I used to look at the planets, moons and such with an old telescope. I want to buy a new one, look at Saturn, Jupiter

I know its amazing to me. Billions of stars, we know a lot of them have planets, some of those planets probably have life

I have my doubts, but there could be life on other planets. Intelligent life, - probably not and if there is it will be rare and hard to find.

The universe is right in front of you, all around you, and in you. It doesn’t get more mysterious than that... and this.

But what sort of life....? Sentient, or just microbes? There must be something else out there....

Yes... the universe is a wonderful place. I like to study it both visually... in shows... and in reading about it.

Check out CrashCourse on YouTube...it's a pretty decent show on astronomy 😊

Log on to the BBC iPlayer and look up Brian Cox's presentations

So much stuff and material out there. It is such a wonder.

Are you watching the lunar eclipse? It is Almost complete.

This intrigues me soo much & I wonder about it from time to time 🌌

I as well... the universe is beautiful to look at.

There is so much about this world that it would blow peoples minds if they really know.
Its a complex planet we live on. And everything is here for a reason.

I want to know bout aliens in universe

Hhh

If you are looking up at the stars someone stole your tent.😂

It's not bigger than you

There are things about the universe that would blow your mind. Are you sure you wanna know whats really out there. ☺