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.
Re: The Scale of the universe
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:16 pm
by 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.
Re: The Scale of the universe
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:44 pm
by 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
Re: The Scale of the universe
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:52 pm
by 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
LOL, "minecraft world" inside the 10^9 metre ring at the same size as Neptune...?
Re: The Scale of the universe
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:12 am
by 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:
Re: The Scale of the universe
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:20 am
by theENIGMATRON
or
Re: The Scale of the universe
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:37 pm
by 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
Re: The Scale of the universe
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:30 pm
by theENIGMATRON
YorkshirePud wrote: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.
Re: The Scale of the universe
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:58 pm
by 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.
Re: The Scale of the universe
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:12 am
by 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...
Re: The Scale of the universe
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:23 am
by 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.
Re: The Scale of the universe
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:20 pm
by 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.
Stephen Hawking wrote: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!"
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