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Post by Bromhead24 on Dec 13, 2007 16:43:00 GMT -5
Perhaps this should be in another section but you can move it if you want Greg. This staggers the mind Now, THIS is really fascinating - it's rather dazzling to see it presented this way.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Dec 13, 2007 16:43:45 GMT -5
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Post by Bromhead24 on Dec 13, 2007 16:44:19 GMT -5
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Post by Bromhead24 on Dec 13, 2007 16:44:58 GMT -5
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Post by Bromhead24 on Dec 13, 2007 16:45:52 GMT -5
I CERTAINLY THOUGHT THIS WAS ENLIGHTENING. BEYOND OUR SUN ... IT'S A BIG UNIVERSE ANTARES IS THE 15TH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY. IT IS MORE THAN 1000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY. NOW HOW BIG ARE YOU?
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Post by Bromhead24 on Dec 13, 2007 16:46:49 GMT -5
NOW TRY TO WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THIS......... THIS IS A HUBBLE TELESCOPE ULTRA DEEP FIELD INFRARED VIEW OF COUNTLESS "ENTIRE" GALAXIES BILLIONS OF LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Dec 13, 2007 16:49:16 GMT -5
BELOW IS A CLOSE UP OF ONE OF THE DARKEST REGIONS OF THE PHOTO ABOVE
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Post by Bromhead24 on Dec 13, 2007 16:50:00 GMT -5
HUMBLING, ISN'T IT? And yet, Someone knows how many hairs are on your head, And not even a single sparrow dies apart from his will (Mt 10:29-31)! NOW HOW BIG ARE YOU? AND HOW BIG ARE THE THINGS THAT UPSET YOU TODAY?
AND HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD?
KEEP LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE. AND DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF! ;D IT'S ALL UNDER CONTROL (Job 38)
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Post by seguin on Dec 13, 2007 17:04:31 GMT -5
ANTARES IS THE 15TH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY. IT IS MORE THAN 1000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY. NOW HOW BIG ARE YOU? Well, I´m 6, 2" ! ;D Seriously, it´s mind boggling to see the planets and stars compared like this! Thanks for uploading all those pics!
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Post by Greg C. on Dec 13, 2007 17:19:34 GMT -5
Outer space has always fascinated me, probably becuase we don;t know what is out there.
Is there life on other planets? Is there intellligent life on other planets? Is it possible to time travel through a wormhole? How big is our universe? Is there a supreme power that controls all that goes on in our universe?
These of course are questions we may never have answered. And that, my friends, is why 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY is such an excellant film. Becuase it makes us think about what's out there.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Dec 14, 2007 12:03:05 GMT -5
"My god, it's full of stars"
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Post by neferetus on Dec 14, 2007 13:52:08 GMT -5
"My god, it's full of stars" Where have we seen that before?
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Post by Greg C. on Dec 14, 2007 16:20:00 GMT -5
"My god, it's full of stars" Where have we seen that before? I wonder. Is it still my signature over on AlamoFilm or have I changed it? Great line from 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT!
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Post by Bromhead24 on Dec 16, 2007 12:28:26 GMT -5
Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour, That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned, A sun that is the source of all our power. The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see Are moving at a million miles a day In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour, Of the galaxy we call the 'Milky Way'.
Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars. It's a hundred thousand light years side to side. It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick, But out by us, it's just three thousand light years wide. We're thirty thousand light years from galactic central point. We go 'round every two hundred million years, And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions In this amazing and expanding universe.
The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding In all of the directions it can whizz As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know, Twelve million miles a minute, and that's the fastest speed there is. So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure, How amazingly unlikely is your birth, And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth. ;D
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Post by neferetus on Dec 16, 2007 14:47:37 GMT -5
HOW BIG IS HEAVEN? (The songwriting team of Rogers and Clarke)
Sometimes at night, I look up at the stars. How big is Venus? How big is Mars?
Somethimes at night, I look up at the sky. How big is Heaven? How big am I?
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Post by Greg C. on Dec 21, 2007 8:55:05 GMT -5
Asteroid may hit Mars in next month
By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer 27 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - Mars could be in for an asteroid hit. A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the Red Planet on Jan. 30, scientists said Thursday.
"These odds are extremely unusual. We frequently work with really long odds when we track ... threatening asteroids," said Steve Chesley, an astronomer with the Near Earth Object Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The asteroid, known as 2007 WD5, was discovered in late November and is similar in size to an object that hit remote central Siberia in 1908, unleashing energy equivalent to a 15-megaton nuclear bomb and wiping out 60 million trees.
Scientists tracking the asteroid, currently halfway between Earth and Mars, initially put the odds of impact at 1 in 350 but increased the chances this week. Scientists expect the odds to diminish again early next month after getting new observations of the asteroid's orbit, Chesley said.
"We know that it's going to fly by Mars and most likely going to miss, but there's a possibility of an impact," he said.
If the asteroid does smash into Mars, it will probably hit near the equator close to where the rover Opportunity has been exploring the Martian plains since 2004. The robot is not in danger because it lies outside the impact zone. Speeding at 8 miles a second, a collision would carve a hole the size of the famed Meteor Crater in Arizona.
In 2004, fragments of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smacked into Jupiter, creating a series of overlapping fireballs in space. Astronomers have yet to witness an asteroid impact with another planet.
"Unlike an Earth impact, we're not afraid, but we're excited," Chesley said.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Dec 21, 2007 10:10:14 GMT -5
If it happens, i hope they get it on film.
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Post by Greg C. on Dec 21, 2007 11:55:45 GMT -5
If it happens, i hope they get it on film. Me too! I would love to see it!
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Post by neferetus on Dec 21, 2007 12:13:53 GMT -5
Woud the impact be without sound, do you think?
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Post by Greg C. on Dec 21, 2007 12:26:55 GMT -5
Woud the impact be without sound, do you think? There is no sound in outer space...
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