Me feeling big after finishing a large pizza. Universe, That’s cute.
aweyeahdawg on
And to think we’re alone in the universe… lol
JJKBA on
Now I have both a headache and existential anxiety.
GABE_EDD on
Here’s a fun example of the size of the Milky Way relative to our understanding.
Let’s scale down our solar system to the size of a golf ball, using Neptune’s orbit to define the outer planetary rim. That means that our Sun is the size of a red blood cell, and the distance between Earth and the Sun is about 0.7mm (think mechanical pencil lead).
At this solar-system-as-a-golf-ball scaling, the nearest solar system, (Proxima Centauri) is about 191m, or just about two football fields away. And the size of the entire Milky Way galaxy given the 100,000ly diameter estimate? Take a guess.>! The Milky Way at this scale is the size of the continental U.S.!<
Light moves incredibly slow as at this scale, it takes light ONE YEAR to move about half a football field.
wt290 on
Search “Epic Spaceman” on YT for some truly mind blowing “size of space” videos. Here is a taster
What’s even more amazing is how far apart galaxies are from one another.
hernondo on
What the heck is IC1101?
alyaqd95 on
Those insanely bigger galaxies I’d call them BFG, seems fitting
jezzz1978 on
Puts things in perspective doesn’t it?
Earth is quite insignificant and humans even less
Santuco on
Trillions of stars….. Yes, “we are alone in the universe”
Just earth, nothing more….
geebeem92 on
Think of how much life there probably is in our milky galaxy alone, and then how much in the universe. And we won’t probably be able to meet anyone
Duubzz on
These things always show the bigger boys, give us a bit of an ego boost man, show us the minnows, let us know we’re not the quite the most insignificant thing out there!
plasma_dan on
I’m just gonna assume that the black hole at the center of each respective galaxy has to scale accordingly.
hihellome on
This makes me think…. How truly massive do the black holes at the center of those bigger galaxy’s be, to keep that entire galaxy around it?
Kanawanu on
Hoag has a massive object.
Olybaron123 on
In those galaxies, there is most likely another earth that exists.
Trips-Over-Tail on
These work a lot better when you can actually see the compared entities next to each other.
Tall-Wealth9549 on
I don’t think I could comprehend those numbers and that true meaning of trillion+. It’s hard to fathom more than just understanding it a lot.
Overall_Emphasis_940 on
How do I get to IC 1101?
HotSugarVeronicaa on
I can’t even comprehend these sizes
Woodbirder on
Is that the biggest known galaxy at the end? If so, to think that’s the best name we can come up with…
nedmaster on
Every time i see a scale chart like this I usually expect it to end with the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
19GTStangGang on
Maybe I’m just weird but I have a hard time believing any of this without knowing how they have come to this conclusion.
sonnynumber7 on
This gave me a bit of anxiety lol We are definitely not alone in the universe
Senor_Turd_Ferguson on
Can’t watch without the main title theme from The Black Hole.
Complete-Emu-4537 on
Forgot to mention we are part of the milky way galaxy. 🤯
duketogo0138 on
*Milky Way*… *Andromeda*… “**Hoag’s Object**”…. can we get a rename for this one?
RacistJester on
Fake video! There’s no air on space, how can someone play such a loud music up there??
Davepiece1517 on
Is the last one 100 trillion stars?!?!?!
IntensiteTurquoise on
Well I guess the 523 problems I’ve had today doesn’t matter huh
yllanos on
u/savevideo
loneranger2380 on
Who counted all the stars? How do they know how big each is when they cant find the guy who robbed the 7/11 last week because the ‘picture was too grainy’
Lopsided-Yak-7882 on
So we’re not alone…
silencebreaker86 on
Why’d it stop early, the next one was going to be ops mom
grossinm on
We live in the sticks.
Constant-Arachnid-88 on
really makes you think about the worth of your Reddit comments
justahdewd on
Thinking about the universe makes my brain hurt.
hudsoncress on
But yah, we’re the only life in the universe
Berke80 on
My mind really cannot comprehend how an object can be almost 6 million light years in diameter in a universe where the fastest possible speed is the light speed. So if light takes 6 million(!) years from one end to another, how does the gravity hold the whole galaxy together? I realize the stars cumulative gravity fields combine but still, it is mind boggling how the gravity can permeate through such a huge galaxy.
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Whenever I watch this shit it blows my mind.
Me feeling big after finishing a large pizza. Universe, That’s cute.
And to think we’re alone in the universe… lol
Now I have both a headache and existential anxiety.
Here’s a fun example of the size of the Milky Way relative to our understanding.
Let’s scale down our solar system to the size of a golf ball, using Neptune’s orbit to define the outer planetary rim. That means that our Sun is the size of a red blood cell, and the distance between Earth and the Sun is about 0.7mm (think mechanical pencil lead).
At this solar-system-as-a-golf-ball scaling, the nearest solar system, (Proxima Centauri) is about 191m, or just about two football fields away. And the size of the entire Milky Way galaxy given the 100,000ly diameter estimate? Take a guess.>! The Milky Way at this scale is the size of the continental U.S.!<
Light moves incredibly slow as at this scale, it takes light ONE YEAR to move about half a football field.
Search “Epic Spaceman” on YT for some truly mind blowing “size of space” videos. Here is a taster
https://youtu.be/7J_Ugp8ZB4E?si=26lyBl9F52YGVnl-
What’s even more amazing is how far apart galaxies are from one another.
What the heck is IC1101?
Those insanely bigger galaxies I’d call them BFG, seems fitting
Puts things in perspective doesn’t it?
Earth is quite insignificant and humans even less
Trillions of stars….. Yes, “we are alone in the universe”
Just earth, nothing more….
Think of how much life there probably is in our milky galaxy alone, and then how much in the universe. And we won’t probably be able to meet anyone
These things always show the bigger boys, give us a bit of an ego boost man, show us the minnows, let us know we’re not the quite the most insignificant thing out there!
I’m just gonna assume that the black hole at the center of each respective galaxy has to scale accordingly.
This makes me think…. How truly massive do the black holes at the center of those bigger galaxy’s be, to keep that entire galaxy around it?
Hoag has a massive object.
In those galaxies, there is most likely another earth that exists.
These work a lot better when you can actually see the compared entities next to each other.
I don’t think I could comprehend those numbers and that true meaning of trillion+. It’s hard to fathom more than just understanding it a lot.
How do I get to IC 1101?
I can’t even comprehend these sizes
Is that the biggest known galaxy at the end? If so, to think that’s the best name we can come up with…
Every time i see a scale chart like this I usually expect it to end with the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Maybe I’m just weird but I have a hard time believing any of this without knowing how they have come to this conclusion.
This gave me a bit of anxiety lol We are definitely not alone in the universe
Can’t watch without the main title theme from The Black Hole.
Forgot to mention we are part of the milky way galaxy. 🤯
*Milky Way*… *Andromeda*… “**Hoag’s Object**”…. can we get a rename for this one?
Fake video! There’s no air on space, how can someone play such a loud music up there??
Is the last one 100 trillion stars?!?!?!
Well I guess the 523 problems I’ve had today doesn’t matter huh
u/savevideo
Who counted all the stars? How do they know how big each is when they cant find the guy who robbed the 7/11 last week because the ‘picture was too grainy’
So we’re not alone…
Why’d it stop early, the next one was going to be ops mom
We live in the sticks.
really makes you think about the worth of your Reddit comments
Thinking about the universe makes my brain hurt.
But yah, we’re the only life in the universe
My mind really cannot comprehend how an object can be almost 6 million light years in diameter in a universe where the fastest possible speed is the light speed. So if light takes 6 million(!) years from one end to another, how does the gravity hold the whole galaxy together? I realize the stars cumulative gravity fields combine but still, it is mind boggling how the gravity can permeate through such a huge galaxy.