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"The Universe"

Considering it occupies second place on the forum title, it sure is neglected in here. As a former fan of astrology myself, I thought people who were interested could chat about it in here (but please no Moon conspiracy theories).

Talking of the moon, did you know that Earth actually has two moons, and a third was thought to be discovered recently? (though further research showed it was space 'junk', a relic of the Apollo missions.

So, the universe. It's pretty big, ain't it?

good point

Why ponder the peril of people? Why question about the end of the world? Take a moment to witness what's here, then tell me there's nothing to learn.

But then, It's an interesting subject and everyone has an idea, from the realists to the pragmatics, of what the universe means and how it will end. One thing is for certain, we haven't seen or understood more than a microscopic amount about this weird and fascinating world.

the sun won't explode for 3 billion years so thats a lot of waitin' for explainin'

Belldandy wrote:
> Honestly, look at history, we've spent the last 500 years as a race
> exploring and probing the earth, only making tentative steps into
> Space in the last 50 years. With faster rates of technological
> development, rising economic levels, and a new interest in space, we
> could reach for the stars a lot sooner than we thought.
>
> ~~Belldandy~~

True, it was only 300 years ago (not even a milisecond in evolutionary terms) that it took months to get to America from England and years to get to other parts of the globe. Only 100 years ago it would still take a few weeks. Now it can be done in 2 hours, courtessy of concord.

It just goes on........(in terms of discussion and size of universe)

;)

But wot's outside the marble bag??

They say the universe is expanding. into what? If everythins insode the universe, then what is outside, as it were?

The Marble bag?

Tóm wrote:
> RM18 wrote:
> What's beyond? I just love thc losing scene of the original Men in
> Black, where the camera zooms out to reveal our galaxy, the whole of
> space etc until we are just a marble, being toyed with by higher
> beings. The whole thing made me chuckle and think at the same time -
> best bit of the film, that.
>
> If you've seen MIIB, it does pretty much the same at the end (without
> wanting to ruin it).
>
> I also wonder, how can anything be endless? But I guess it's something
> we can never understand. Everything in our lives has a beginning and
> an end, be it a table, or life itself. So it would be impossible to
> imagine anything being endless.

It's not endless. The big bang was the start and the Big Crunch is the end.

Basically our brains work in such a way that we cannot comprehend infinity.

Tóm wrote:

> If you've seen MIIB, it does pretty much the same at the end (without
> wanting to ruin it).
>

Bit late for that now, isn't it?

:D