Lost in Space? Here, have a map

[George P Burdell]

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I wonder when, and if, humans will ever travel to the far reaches of the galaxy. I feel sad that I won't be alive when some crazy scientist comes up with warp drive.

Forget the galaxy, I'd die happy if humans make it as far as Mars during my lifetime.

 

[SLCentral]

And to think, that's one galaxy of an infinite number. We really are insignificant.

 

[tasmanian]

I see no white dot indicating the sun.

 

[illusion88]

I'm building my own space ship. Want to come?

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: tasmanian
I see no white dot indicating the sun.

Our sun isn't cool enough to warrant it's own dot on the map

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: SLCentral
And to think, that's one galaxy of an infinite number. We really are insignificant.

unless, of course, we are the only lifeforms in the universe.

 

[AmpedSilence]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell

Originally posted by: tasmanian
I see no white dot indicating the sun.

Our sun isn't cool enough to warrant it's own dot on the map

or more likely big enough in the scale that this is in....

Yeah, we really are pretty insignificant; kinda like how we probably view atoms or electrons is how the universe views us.

 

[brxndxn]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

Originally posted by: SLCentral
And to think, that's one galaxy of an infinite number. We really are insignificant.

unless, of course, we are the only lifeforms in the universe.

Or.. everything that exists is just an object of my imagination.

 

[Aharami]

forget the galaxy. i wanna know whats beyond the edge of the universe if there is one. whats beyond that? nothing? how far does "nothing" go for? is there an edge to "nothing"?

 

[NanoStuff]

Originally posted by: Aharami
forget the galaxy. i wanna know whats beyond the edge of the universe if there is one. whats beyond that? nothing? how far does "nothing" go for? is there an edge to "nothing"?

The universe doesn't have edges. 'Nothing' is just empty space.

 

[YoungGun21]

Originally posted by: NanoStuff

Originally posted by: Aharami
forget the galaxy. i wanna know whats beyond the edge of the universe if there is one. whats beyond that? nothing? how far does "nothing" go for? is there an edge to "nothing"?

The universe doesn't have edges. 'Nothing' is just empty space.

Are you stupid? The universe is definitely flat, and has edges.

Just like Earth.

 

[BooGiMaN]

it would have been better if it said "You are here" instead of sun

 

[StevenYoo]

you can kinda make out a section of A'Tuin's shell in the background

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I've always wondered, we're in a sparsely populated outer region. In the inner regions, would planets there even have a night?

 

[jdini76]

Originally posted by: Aharami
forget the galaxy. i wanna know whats beyond the edge of the universe if there is one. whats beyond that? nothing? how far does "nothing" go for? is there an edge to "nothing"?

<--- head assplodes

 

[AnitaPeterson]

You Are Tiny Grasshopper!

 

[jlazzaro]

Originally posted by: Aharami
forget the galaxy. i wanna know whats beyond the edge of the universe if there is one. whats beyond that? nothing? how far does "nothing" go for? is there an edge to "nothing"?

the universe is ever expanding at an infinite rate...there is no "end" per say.

 

[BurnItDwn]

drink the kool aid and the space ship will come and pick you up!

 

[NanoStuff]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
it would have been better if it said "You are here" instead of sun

How would that work for everyone viewing the picture from all over the world? They're in so many different places, that arrow would have to be all over the place.

 

[Shawn]

I thought we were on the edge of the Milky Way. Not toward the middle.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: NanoStuff

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
it would have been better if it said "You are here" instead of sun

How would that work for everyone viewing the picture from all over the world? They're in so many different places, that arrow would have to be all over the place.