What really matters
Sunday, October 01, 2006
You know what's a really humbling experience? Looking at astronomy photographs. We are this tiny speck in some corner of our own galaxy much less this universe. And I mean tiny:
- VV Cephei compared to the sun. VV Cephei is the largest known star; 1621 times the size of the Sun and 300,000 times more luminous.
- As far as the eye (Hubble) can see. Milky way is just one of the hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.
It makes me wonder on the possiblity of other life forms out there. We just cannot be the only ones in this vast emptiness of the universe.
Wikipedia to the rescue of all bored philosophers ;)
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For a daily photo from NASA:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
If you're REALLY bored, look through their archives.. some of the photos are awesome.
The aliens aren't coming man, they're already here!
Ok, just wanted to say that, but seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if they are here already.
i'm sure there are other "people" out there....they must be looking for us just like we look for them. weird and interesting thought and you can think about it for hours ...bah.
I bet there are "people" already watching us.