Actual size of the universe.

Best thread i've seen all week.
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try this Scale of the universe

Thank you all ! for the nice replies

The most amazing picture ever taken : Hubble Deep Field.

Hubble Deep Field in 3-D.

Hubble Ultra Deep Field- Looking to the end of time.

For the ones interested a must see... All 3 of them.

what's even more fascinating is the size of the human "mind" (not brain)

reply to post by N34Li3Z


I can't say I think it is more fascinating, but at least just as.

I'm curious about your reason to post that. Please make a thread on that topic. U2U when it's done.
I'd appreciate it.

When I look at the deep field pics, I start to think about the near infinite number of "people" (sentient beings or whatever) out there living their lives, doing God knows what, maybe even looking at the speck of a Milky Way galaxy thinking the exact same thing that I am. Makes me feel like I'm a part of something much bigger than what goes on here on this little blue planet.

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I find it fascinating, because we are technologically advanced enough to build and design tools for measuring the universe, yet we have nothing to measure the size of the ethereal "mind" and as a matter of fact, there is nothing we currently have to "PROVE" that the mind exists, technically, as it can't be measured, viewed, etc.

Makes me think of a line in a movie from Total Recall, "Quato's gonna look inside that black hole you call a brain"

referring to a singularity, not an ordinary black hole. I think all the data in the universe ten times over could fit inside the mind, the fact is, we do not know the capacity of the mind in terms of it's power, or its data storage limit-only of the brain, a physical object, the mind is a construct which can't be described using math; only attempts by philosphy.

What I have a hard time wraping my head around is the size of VV Cephei. Its frackin mindboggeling HUGE!!!
How can somthing sooo massive not turn into a black hole on itself? yet it the star is there. So if this star can still be a star without imploding that just gives you a hint of how much more mass you need to create a black hole. Our cosmos absolutly amazes me everytime.

how do you post pictures right in the thread?

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I could be wrong, but I suspect that the size of the mind (data capacity of the human mind) is known.

I'll have a look into it and see if I can dig something up... brb.

reply to post by Talltexxxan


Well actually a black hole is what's left when a star that was more massive then our Sun collapsed.

Stars fight a constant war against gravity, the mass of any star is so immense that it pulls everything in, but...
Stars fight this pull by fusing hydrogen, and Helium and heavier elements until nothing but iron is left. The fussion creates such enormous outwards energy the star can exist.

The bigger the star the sooner it looses its battle. Cause a bigger mass means a bigger pul which demands a more rapid fuel fusion. That's why stars like Eta Carina only get 5 to 10 million years old... But our Sun which is pretty small with less gravity it has to fuse far less to maintain a stable state. Red Dwarfs can get way older then our Sun can
A star looses its battle it collapses triggering a gigantic explosion called a hyper nova. When its mass
was high enough it leaves a black hole. A singularity where gravity has ripped a tiny hole in the fabric of space and time pulling everything in that is close enough to get caught by its gravitational field.

Well that's about what they say...

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To answer your question. The star does not collapse because it burns enough of its fuel to maintain a stable
.state, although it runs out in just a few million years. Where our Sun can last like 10 billion years

It could just as well be something else all together

reply to post by N34Li3Z


It looks like there is no definite answer, but there are estimates. Here is one:

"The brain contains 10^11
neurons -- in other words, 100 giganeurons. Each one has synapses
connecting it to up to 1000 other neurons. Many researchers believe that
memories are stored as patterns of synapse strengths. If we suppose that the strength of each synapse can take on any of 256 values, then each synapse corresponds to a byte of memory. This gives a total of (very roughly) 100 terabytes for the brain." - answerbag.com

Truely amazing. Basically we're nothing but a pi$$ and a fart in front of a super thunder

What better way to visualize the vastness of space than to fly among the stars yourself?

Space Engine

So, there are stars bigger than our solar system...
Way bigger!

I thought for a second you took some of my images

www.abovetopsecret.com...

reply to post by Sinter Klaas


Bless you for making this thread...
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Nice thread mate.

But I feel so small now...

And earth does not even equate to a grain of salt in this universe and we are the only planet that has life god you skeptics are beyond a joke!

Now, if you can imagine those living in the quantum universe see us in the same way. Our whole universe just may be the size of an atom in someone elses universe.

reply to post by Sinter Klaas
The only word I can think of to describe the universe is "stunning"and "breathtaking"even though you have given us a comparison to the size,its just too unimaginable to comprehend the size of the universe.I've looked up at the stars and wondered where does it end ?does it end?I can't imagine forever....these questions really blow my mind....good job,beautiful pics,thanks for reminding us how small we really are!(I mean that in the best way)