The Scale of the universe

[YorkshirePud]

fugging awesome
http://htwins.net/scale2/

[theENIGMATRON]

Yer i seen this Yday think Daz sent me the link.

Dont really think it demonstrates the size...

I seen a Documentry some time ago, and it done a proper zoom out, and that is what will give you a proper idea of the size.
i cannot for the love of god find it, and been at it for a few days now.

But i have found this. its no where near as good, but will give you a better idea on size i think.

[DJ-Daz]

listen to the audio book: A short history of nearly everything.
Basically the size of the universe is bigger than you can imagine without going insane thinking about it.

It's fugging massive man. Even our solar system is enormous.

[theENIGMATRON]

Bill Bryson,

Got the book mate. one of my first reads that got me so interested in everything.

(Also where the Mess Hall Blog "Small Review of Almost Everything" Come from

[YorkshirePud]

i liked bill brysons small island book, of course he chose to live in yorkshire smart man i was dissapointed with his view on Liverpool, and hope he has been back since though, lime street station was a shit house in the past

[InfiniteStates]

fugging awesome
http://htwins.net/scale2/

LOL, "minecraft world" inside the 10^9 metre ring at the same size as Neptune...?

[theENIGMATRON]

One of my interested are in VY Canis Majoris
The size of it, is something you can possible not understand in the Mass of a object.
Its unreal, and we dont even fall into comparison of a pin prick.

small idea of scale for you:

[theENIGMATRON]

or

[YorkshirePud]

indeed the size of some of the stars are redonkulous (to a measly human) even more interesting are the web like structures that galaxies form. add the other odd things holding the whole shebang together

boggles

[theENIGMATRON]

indeed the size of some of the stars are redonkulous (to a measly human) even more interesting are the web like structures that galaxies form. add the other odd things holding the whole shebang together

boggles

I tend to no go into that much, as its very Sceptical with the technology with have.
Alot of things like that is built up on Personal Theorys,
There is about 10 Thoughts on the Big Bang, how the Galaxys are structered.
If where shrinking, of where expending,
If the space / Universe is Indefinite or its one big Circle like everything else where in.

Alot of different Theories from other scientists.

[DJ-Daz]

the universe hmm....
it's big, I dont think I'll be going to the edge anytime soon.

even Hubble deep field only showed us more galaxies.

[InfiniteStates]

Given the incredible similarity between the sub-atomic structure of things and the intergalactic, I like the idea of recursion through the fractal geometry of nature...

[theENIGMATRON]

I kinda like the Simpsons Theory.

Its like the Vid you just posted Charlie, But instead of a Marble, we are part of a DNA Strand of something else.

[InfiniteStates]

Yeah that would be better, only I didn't have a clip for that

The universe essentially forms the atomic structure of something else. Kind of like the turtles all the way down mentality lol.

A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said:
"What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise."
The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?"
"You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"