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 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.
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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.
@DrWatson Thank you 🙂. Though Stock photography, it inspires the awe of backyard stargazing. Those frosty nights I could scarcely take in the wonder of it all.
As an amateur astronomer, I'm sure you're well familiar. And have moments to fill a lifetime.
@DrWatson Yeah man, I'm sorry. I do not know how to respond privately. No worries though. Just do not respond and you will most likely never hear from me again. Thank you for being respectful towards me throughout our correspondence.
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.
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 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!
@DrWatson I have come to the understanding that the lights that we observe from Earth are precisely that. They are lights. Nothing more. But hey... if you would like to beLIEve that there are other galaxies that we will never be able to confirm for ourselves out there... I say more power to ya Doc.
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.
@samueltyler2 Please tell me... What is "scientific" about the globe theory? The FACT that water is unable to bend/curve, and stick to spinning objects in space is backed up by everyone who has ever lived.
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.
@Eddiesolds the thing that makes me really pause is that the telescopes we already have "see" things that happened thousands, even millions, of years ago. The concept of speed of light totally blows me away. The views from the space labs are truly amazing, making our planet sort of puny, like a colored marble in the blackness of space. I am also struck on how we, the stewards of our planet, are doing such a poor job. We are seeing so many species, needed for a diversified life cycle, disappear every day.
@NewKidInTown Naw, I have no answers for you. It's basically a belief. You can choose to beLIEve that you are spinnin' round and round on a ball flying through an infinite Vacuum, or you can be a sane person, and know that you aren't.
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.
@Stereoguy That starry domed ceiling. One of my greatest memories as a child. They dimmed the lights, and the heavens were pulled down around your ears. My first visits were unbelievable.
Sadly it was removed in recent years, as budget and public interest waned.
@Stereoguy How fortunate you students were to have that within your school. A valuable teaching tool, and such inspiration. Ours was a public institution like the opera house or the library. The projector was huge and stood on an elevated platform, a dais, in the center of the room. I'd meant to return for years. It was a unanimous sense of loss by all when it closed.
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Yes... the universe is a wonderful place. I like to study it both visually... in shows... and in reading about it.
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.
