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Digger · Admin

'We're looking back more than 13 billion years'

Digger · Admin

It's just bloody mind blowing. Does space ever end? Does it go on forever? What is it? What does it mean? Does it have meaning. What's the point?

Magica · Go Outside

I find it all amazing Digs. The Universe is all around, were just a speck, going on forever. The wonder of it all.

Date: Jul 12 1:26 PM, 2022

I can’t stop staring at that miraculous image, and feel immersed in the wonder and enchantment of it all.

There‘s more amazement to follow. Bring it!

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

My mind just cant commute this sort of endless data.
When I was a kid I used to wonder that death, like the universe, ...which we will all face, lasts for ever, and ever, and ever, it's mind blowing.'

Date: Jul 12 3:33 PM, 2022

Digger wrote:
It's just bloody mind blowing. Does space ever end? Does it go on forever? What is it? What does it mean? Does it have meaning. What's the point?

Wonderful image.

I am afraid there is no point - it just is.

It's why there is no Karma, evil people prosper and the good suffer and die young which is why religion was created to soften the brutal reality.

In the end the Second Law of Thermodynamics will win anyway with the heat death of the Universe, ultimately it's all meaningless.

Maddog · Go Outside

You're making my head hurt.

Makes me think of the alien thread.

Surely we can't be alone can we?

Of course considering the distances involved here, I doubt any of us will ever be able to know for sure.

Date: Jul 12 5:06 PM, 2022

Syl wrote:
My mind just cant commute this sort of endless data.
When I was a kid I used to wonder that death, like the universe, ...which we will all face, lasts for ever, and ever, and ever, it's mind blowing.'

‘We are stardust…’

Fact, actually

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

When my grandson was small, I told him there are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on earth.

He accepted that as fact....it still amazes me though.

Digger · Admin

Anonymous wrote:
Digger wrote:
It's just bloody mind blowing. Does space ever end? Does it go on forever? What is it? What does it mean? Does it have meaning. What's the point?
Wonderful image.
I am afraid there is no point - it just is.
It's why there is no Karma, evil people prosper and the good suffer and die young which is why religion was created to soften the brutal reality.
In the end the Second Law of Thermodynamics will win anyway with the heat death of the Universe, ultimately it's all meaningless.

Oh FFS, JD. No wonder nothing goes right for you. You irritating sod.

Evil does not prosper. It might hold sway for a while, but ultimately it always falls. I think you need to go visit your brother and give him a fucking punch. Get it out of your system. Or take a shit in a pizza box and post it to him. Anything. But stop whining about it and look to getting yourself sorted out. Stop looking back over your shoulder at all the crap you can't change.

Date: Jul 12 8:25 PM, 2022

Digger wrote:
image from NASA's James Webb Telescope, revealing a picture of a cluster of galaxies 4 billion light-years away from Earth.
Webb's stunning new image, which provides the deepest and sharpest infrared look at the distant universe to date, shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 as it appeared 4.6 billion years ago.
The image covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length by someone on the ground – and reveals thousands of galaxies in a tiny sliver of vast universe.
Webb's infrared capabilities allow it to 'see back in time' to the Big Bang, which happened 13.8 billion years ago.
SMACS 0723, also known as Webb's First Deep Field, is just a teaser of a whole suite of images captured by the telescope that's to be revealed on from 10:30 EDT (15:30 BST) on Tuesday during a live NASA TV broadcast.

Imagine that is a piece of space the size of a grain of sand.

Look at the dark space in between the galaxies. They must be billions of light years in size. No idea what the exposure time of the picture is but look at the streaks or lines you see in the picture. What ever they are they must be travelling at unimaginable speeds to cover that distance given that the galaxies remain in focus

Maddog · Go Outside

Digger wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Digger wrote:
It's just bloody mind blowing. Does space ever end? Does it go on forever? What is it? What does it mean? Does it have meaning. What's the point?
Wonderful image.
I am afraid there is no point - it just is.
It's why there is no Karma, evil people prosper and the good suffer and die young which is why religion was created to soften the brutal reality.
In the end the Second Law of Thermodynamics will win anyway with the heat death of the Universe, ultimately it's all meaningless.

Oh FFS, JD. No wonder nothing goes right for you. You irritating sod.
Evil does not prosper. It might hold sway for a while, but ultimately it always falls. I think you need to go visit your brother and give him a fucking punch. Get it out of your system. Or take a shit in a pizza box and post it to him. Anything. But stop whining about it and look to getting yourself sorted out. Stop looking back over your shoulder at all the crap you can't change.

Preach sister.

Date: Jul 12 9:08 PM, 2022

If you look out into space with a really powerful telescope you will be able to see the back of your head. Don't ask why, don't ask how, them are the facts, just the facts.

Date: Jul 12 11:06 PM, 2022

Anonymous wrote:
Digger wrote:
image from NASA's James Webb Telescope, revealing a picture of a cluster of galaxies 4 billion light-years away from Earth.
Webb's stunning new image, which provides the deepest and sharpest infrared look at the distant universe to date, shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 as it appeared 4.6 billion years ago.
The image covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length by someone on the ground – and reveals thousands of galaxies in a tiny sliver of vast universe.
Webb's infrared capabilities allow it to 'see back in time' to the Big Bang, which happened 13.8 billion years ago.
SMACS 0723, also known as Webb's First Deep Field, is just a teaser of a whole suite of images captured by the telescope that's to be revealed on from 10:30 EDT (15:30 BST) on Tuesday during a live NASA TV broadcast.

Imagine that is a piece of space the size of a grain of sand.
Look at the dark space in between the galaxies. They must be billions of light years in size. No idea what the exposure time of the picture is but look at the streaks or lines you see in the picture. What ever they are they must be travelling at unimaginable speeds to cover that distance given that the galaxies remain in focus

If I could get away with it I would shoot the cunt.

Digger · Admin

Back on topic.

When you see the immensity of space you just can't help but conclude that there is no mechanical craft that could possible travel those distances. Alien or otherwise.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Digger wrote:
Back on topic.
When you see the immensity of space you just can't help but conclude that there is no mechanical craft that could possible travel those distances. Alien or otherwise.

I dont know about aliens travelling to earth, many claim they have proof. I cant believe that our tiny little insignificant planet is the only one with intelligent life on it.

Other species on other planets, if they do exist, could have a far superior life force, with technology that could easily space travel to other planets.

Date: Jul 13 7:57 AM, 2022

For those wonder what the lines are, they are gravitational distortions of light from distant objects as they pass close by intervening massive bodies. You can see "lines" and you can see distortions of quasers and galaxies. Light bends around massive objects and the affect can be seen around the sun as well (tiny deflections in comparison). It is known as "gravitational lensing".

Date: Jul 13 3:13 PM, 2022

Anonymous wrote:
For those wonder what the lines are, they are gravitational distortions of light from distant objects as they pass close by intervening massive bodies. You can see "lines" and you can see distortions of quasers and galaxies. Light bends around massive objects and the affect can be seen around the sun as well (tiny deflections in comparison). It is known as "gravitational lensing".

Often used by astronomers and astrophysicists to get a clearer view of incredibly distant objects - the magnification effect is startling actually and the observed difference without it can be huge.

JD.

Date: Jul 13 3:18 PM, 2022

Digger wrote:
Back on topic.
When you see the immensity of space you just can't help but conclude that there is no mechanical craft that could possible travel those distances. Alien or otherwise.

The distances are just far, far too vast - if Einstein was right (and he very probably was) I very much doubt we will ever even reach the Oort cloud, let alone the stars and as for aliens and the rest of the galaxy, no, just no, we are effectively alone in the Cosmos and so should have done a far better fucking job of looking after this planet.

JD.