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Thanks for that. I've been trying to explain to my oldest son the size of things in outer space. I'm sure this will help.
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I am no astronomer but as soon as I learned a bit about the dimensions of space, it struck me as crazy that in Star Wars and other Sci Fi films they move across a galaxy or between galaxies by traveling at light speed. All issue of time being dramatically different at light speed aside, light speed travel would only allow for multiyear voyages to nearby solar systems. It would let you move within a solar system very quickly but that is not intergalactic or even interstellar travel.Originally Posted by Rexanglorum
MOSTHATED770 wrote:
just makes me think about how noone will ever go to those planets lol
That's what she said.Originally Posted by Mac A Roni
[color= rgb(102, 0, 153)]damn that was long....[/color]
I am no astronomer but as soon as I learned a bit about the dimensions of space, it struck me as crazy that in Star Wars and other Sci Fi films they move across a galaxy or between galaxies by traveling at light speed. All issue of time being dramatically different at light speed aside, light speed travel would only allow for multiyear voyages to nearby solar systems. It would let you move within a solar system very quickly but that is not intergalactic or even interstellar travel.Originally Posted by Rexanglorum
MOSTHATED770 wrote:
just makes me think about how noone will ever go to those planets lol
Originally Posted by Yoda
I really find it hard to believe that there's no other life outside of Earth.
Impossible.
This is such a great point that it must be quoted.Originally Posted by brettTHEjett
You guys need to understand that these are so far away, that they probably dont even exist any more.
We can see them...but only because it take 100 frickin trillion years to reach us haha
Originally Posted by Jetpacunlimited
Originally Posted by Yoda
I really find it hard to believe that there's no other life outside of Earth.
Impossible.
Exactly billions of stars and only us, no way.Originally Posted by FreddyPee
Originally Posted by Yoda
I really find it hard to believe that there's no other life outside of Earth.
Impossible.
people who finds themOriginally Posted by jawnyquest
who names these joints
What incredible insight we have here.Originally Posted by arrjae
thts crazy
i believe tht there are more planets n all tht stuff,
Damn.Originally Posted by holdenmichael
Damn, you guys really have me chasing rabbits (expression a history teacher of mine used to describe getting off track).
If my math is right, the average guy (5'10") is 4,741 times taller than a grain of sand. So, if VY Canis Majoris's earth would be 5.38 billion times larger than our own and the people on its earth were proportional in their size, we'd be smaller than sand to them. Would it be a stretch to state that we'd be the size of atoms or something like that?
Originally Posted by Yoda
I really find it hard to believe that there's no other life outside of Earth.
Impossible.