tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post5121538092762137326..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Hold onto your hats . . .Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-47034928009561989992019-01-05T11:47:08.767-05:002019-01-05T11:47:08.767-05:00I used to have the Hubble Deep Field as the wallpa...I used to have the Hubble Deep Field as the wallpaper on my office computer. Yeah, that's a lot of galaxies but we still don't now what 95% of the universe even consists of -- it's something that is only detectable by gravity. We still don't understand jack shit.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-42830705440625365442019-01-05T11:13:26.893-05:002019-01-05T11:13:26.893-05:00One of the most amazing images taken by the Hubble...One of the most amazing images taken by the Hubble is the deep field image showing thousands of galaxies in a piece of the sky approximately the angular size of a tennis ball at 100 yards. It reminded me of the phrase associated with 2001: A Space Odyssey, "My god -- it's full of stars!" (It seems it actually comes from the novelization of the movie.) Only in this case, it's my god, it's full of galaxies. There are now some estimates of 2 trillion galaxies in the universe. Numbers like that are inconceivable for most people. I calculated that if you visited every star in the Milky Way for a day and could travel instantaneously from star to star, it would take about 274 million years. The idea that humans have some special place in the universe is absurd. I think it was Arthur C. Clarke who said, "Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying."Mark Phttp://www.caniconfidiums.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-84705783716218289452019-01-04T23:48:16.379-05:002019-01-04T23:48:16.379-05:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq4uCWtQE24https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq4uCWtQE24Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.com