I Want to Know More About the Universe

Love looking up at the stars and planets.There is so much we don't know about the universe.It is such a beautiful awe taking concept to think of all the solar systems out there.Could there be life on another planet out of our galaxy.The wonder of it all.

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DrWatson · 70-79, M

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!

Butterflykisses24 · 51-55, F

@DrWatson awesome

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@DrWatson I read some where that, during the next few days, you can see 5 planets in the night sky.

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@samueltyler2 Yes, they will all be close to each other in the sky.

TBIman · 46-50, M

@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.