The Universe is so epic

[UncleWede]

I watched my first SpaceX launch yesterday. Just so much thrust to get into Earth orbit, and around 17,000km/h. They loaded a million lbs. of LOX into the first stage at launch OK, so they needed a few lbs. to land, but STILL.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

Not to bust your chops but math is hard too. Yes, it would take a long time at 1 million miles per hour, but your 150 Billion years is 219 million times longer than it would actually take. It would only take 685 years. Still, a very long time.

All those zeros and it gets confusing. I wouldn't be surprised if my response is incorrect in some way or another.

It doesn't matter. What's it worth being allowed to drive a zillion km/h on the German Autobahn: got no tools at our disposal for that and couldn't physically 'stomach' it anyway. But an interesting hypothetical for science.

We are all just a near infinite tiny blip in space and time. But at least we can claim a lifetime of existence on the face of a planet in The Big Void. Cogito, ergo sum (and for mankind existence reasons also coito, ergo sum applies).

[murderspice]

Originally Posted by Artemis

coito, ergo sum

Ha!

[Lady Jane]

A trick question: Moons, planets or...?

[Lady Jane]

[ezaircon4jc]

Ain't creation grand!!

[wyshyvanuk]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

A trick question: Moons, planets or...?


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Moons that are freakishly all exactly the same size.

[Lady Jane]

UY Scuti BD-12°5055,
the biggest star in the universe (that we know of), UY Scuti is a variable hypergiant with a radius around 1,700 times larger than the radius of the sun.

To put that in perspective, the volume of almost 5 billion suns could fit inside a sphere the size of UY Scuti.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UY_Scuti

[kscarrol]

It's going to make a great black hole some day.

[Tambohamilton]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

UY Scuti BD-12°5055,
the biggest star in the universe (that we know of), UY Scuti is a variable hypergiant with a radius around 1,700 times larger than the radius of the sun.

To put that in perspective, the volume of almost 5 billion suns could fit inside a sphere the size of UY Scuti.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UY_Scuti


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Wikipedia link says 909 radii, 750mil volume...

[kscarrol]

Well from my days as a professor, Wikipedia is not considered a reliable source…

Space.com says the same as LJ.

https://www.space.com/41290-biggest-star.html

I’m sure we’ll get to the bottom of it eventually!

[Lady Jane]

The four largest asteroids. If one was to hit earth, you would need a lot of Preparation H®.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...onal_asteroids

[Lady Jane]

If Andromeda was brighter, this is how big it would appear in the Night Sky. Reminder this Is heading towards us at a speed of 300km a second. But since it is located 2.5 million light-years away, it might take a while.

[Lady Jane]

Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest mountain in the known Universe at 72000 feet. Everest is only 29032 feet.

[Dégoûté]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest mountain in the known Universe at 72000 feet. Everest is only 29032 feet.


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Im surprised we didn’t make a bigger deal of water on mars. We were all hyped about that shit in 1983.

[Tambohamilton]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest mountain in the known Universe at 72000 feet. Everest is only 29032 feet.


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72000ft above sea level, I hope?

[Lady Jane]

https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/184...-an-exoplanet/

[Lady Jane]

The Carina Nebula located 8500 light years from earth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_Nebula

Nebulas are a distinct luminescent part of interstellar medium, which can consist of ionized, neutral, or molecular hydrogen and also cosmic dust. Nebulae are often star-forming regions, and impressive to look at. Some are several light years across.

[Llarry]

The Pelican Nebula is about 1,800 light-years distant from Earth and about 30 light-years across.

[Lady Jane]

Or ARP 273. 300 million light years away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arp_273

[///MPhatic]

Originally Posted by kscarrol

Well from my days as a professor, Wikipedia is not considered a reliable source…

Absolutely. It's identical to all religions; it mixes truth and lies so seamlessly that the reader believes the entirety to be truth, when in fact it's not even nearly that. It's how they are both sold.

[Lady Jane]