xVikingson

xVikingson t1_iud1uvc wrote

Reply to comment by bitchy_muffin in The scariest picture of space... by EDFLsnape

I'd rather put it in another perspective.

We are the result of 14 billion years of star collapsing, super novi, physics defining, galaxy creating pandemonium.

We are the part of the universe that is actually able to perceive itself, gaze upon it's awing, jawdropping beauty.

We are the Universe being aware of itself

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xVikingson t1_iud1gxy wrote

Reply to comment by EDFLsnape in The scariest picture of space... by EDFLsnape

He said 4.3light years anon, not billion.

And to put it into scale a lightyear is roughly 100Trillion kilometer.

To put that into scale

Light travels in 8 minutes from the sun to our earth traveling a rough 91million kilometers

To put that into scale

If light would travel our planet 8 times around (roughly 300.000km) it would take light 1 second.

To put that into scale

Usain Bolt is currently the fastest man to ever walk 100 meters in roughly 9seconds, if he could keep that pace it would still take him

If he would run at max speed he would take +/- 6.666hours Just over 277days straight of walking that pace To go the distance light would in a single second.

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xVikingson t1_iud07r0 wrote

Reply to The scariest picture of space... by EDFLsnape

Not to feed your astrophobia... But even the distance our voyager 1 is currently from earth, never to return, not to touch or even see physical astronomical bodies for at least the coming million years.. is already unfathomable for the human mind.. the kind of scales you're currently describing are actually Unfathomable to the power of a million.

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