NASA Has Released The Largest Picture Ever Taken And It Will Shake Up Your Universe

Dj_Jestar · 20 Jan 2015 at 15:49

My universe remains unshaken. I am disappoint.

(in other words: what a horrible title.)

breadturbo · 20 Jan 2015 at 15:54

Pretty epic, cannot help having the Star Trek theme going in my head when looking at these

Prophet · 20 Jan 2015 at 16:03

ElliorR said:
It's not just how big but also how small.

It was said on a program about the universe/physics I saw at some point that the Planck length, a very very small size and I believe the smallest understandable size, is so small a good way to comprehend how small is thus...

Using a pencil put a very small dot on a piece of paper, a dot that you can just see. If that dot was then expanded to the size of the observable universe the Planck length would be the size of the original dot you drew compared to the expanded dot at its original size and the new dot scaled backwards as well.

I'm sure it was explained far more eloquently than I just paraphrased it.

I love all this kind of stuff but wish my brain could better understand it.. I could watch and read about this all day/night.

The Dread Pirate · 20 Jan 2015 at 16:11

Mr Badger said:
To quote Eric Idle "And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth."

My post bottom of 1st page!

ThundyCat · 20 Jan 2015 at 16:20

I'm such a Derrrrppp said:
wow, and stolen for another forum

thanks

What a great post.

@IceShock thanks for sharing mate. Cracking photo's

Von Smallhausen · 20 Jan 2015 at 16:22

Tuppy_Glossop said:
Just time for a quick cuppa, then

Always time for a Twining's matey.

estebanrey · 20 Jan 2015 at 16:24

NASA Has Released The Largest Picture Ever Taken

Well I just downloaded it and made it 10% bigger in Photoshop.

Where's Norris McWhirter with my Guinness World Record?

gjrc · 20 Jan 2015 at 16:25

ElliorR said:
It's not just how big but also how small.

It was said on a program about the universe/physics I saw at some point that the Planck length, a very very small size and I believe the smallest understandable size, is so small a good way to comprehend how small is thus...

Using a pencil put a very small dot on a piece of paper, a dot that you can just see. If that dot was then expanded to the size of the observable universe the Planck length would be the size of the original dot you drew compared to the expanded dot at its original size and the new dot scaled backwards as well.

I'm sure it was explained far more eloquently than I just paraphrased it.

that still makes my brain explode... don't understand it at all!

:mad:

arknor · 20 Jan 2015 at 17:21

Soundood said:
wow, and stolen for another forum

thanks

stolen from nasa surely

ElliorR · 20 Jan 2015 at 17:42

gjrc said:
that still makes my brain explode... don't understand it at all!

That's because I'm a tard and cocked it up, I missed a bit out (don't try and type somewhat complicated things whilst playing Elite Dangerous). I'll post what is on Wiki....

The size of the Planck length can be visualized as follows: if a particle or dot about 0.1mm in size (which is at or near the smallest the unaided human eye can see) were magnified in size to be as large as the observable universe, then inside that universe-sized "dot", the Planck length would be roughly the size of an actual 0.1mm dot. In other words, the universe is to a visible dot as a visible dot is to Planck length: The diameter of the observable universe is to within less than an order of magnitude, larger than a 0.1 millimeter object, roughly at or near the limits of the unaided human eye, by about the same factor (1031) as that 0.1mm object or dot is larger than the Planck length. More simply – on a logarithmic scale, a dot is halfway between the Planck length and the size of the observable universe.

ShakenNstirred · 20 Jan 2015 at 18:04

Soundood said:
wow, and stolen for another forum

thanks

most things are taken from elsewhere

monkeypants · 20 Jan 2015 at 18:15

Soundood's post clearly states he stole it for somewhere else, not from. The number of people misreading it is disturbing.

I tried watching the video but it made my eyes go funny (and it was oddly jerky at 1440p). It's a bit mind boggling to think how large all those little dots actually are.

Thekwango · 20 Jan 2015 at 18:23

sweet baby jeebus that's pretty cool. thanks for sharing

mrk · 20 Jan 2015 at 19:05

After the 3rd post about stolen-gate I figured "sure, it's Tuesday, people might still have the Monday blues, they will understand their mistake and edit their posts".

But no, no they didn't. It only went on further! And we expect to leave this planet one day to make home elsewhere :eek:

chown · 20 Jan 2015 at 19:12

mrk said:
After the 3rd post about stolen-gate I figured "sure, it's Tuesday, people might still have the Monday blues, they will understand their mistake and edit their posts".

But no, no they didn't. It only went on further! And we expect to leave this planet one day to make home elsewhere

its getting ridiculous.

Thanks OP i will steal it also

Hades · 20 Jan 2015 at 19:18

Space is big. Really big.

ElliorR · 20 Jan 2015 at 19:24

Or in interactable flash thingy.

http://htwins.net/scale2/

mattyg · 20 Jan 2015 at 19:31

My pockets aren't big enough to steal it. That things massive on another scale.

Strife212 · 20 Jan 2015 at 19:33

mrk said:
After the 3rd post about stolen-gate I figured "sure, it's Tuesday, people might still have the Monday blues, they will understand their mistake and edit their posts".

But no, no they didn't. It only went on further! And we expect to leave this planet one day to make home elsewhere

Yeah the amount of people who didn't read and are slating the guy is quite funny/sad :eek:

Soundood · 20 Jan 2015 at 19:47

ThundyCat said:
What a great post.

genuinely shocked at this post, even Thundy has lost the ability to comprehend what I said, lol

arknor said:
stolen from nasa surely

Westie said:
You cant even write 6 letter sentence properly, plus no one cares..

Amazing image... Thanks for stealing it for another forum... Derrrrppp.

monkeypants said:
Soundood's post clearly states he stole it for somewhere else, not from. The number of people misreading it is disturbing.

mrk said:
After the 3rd post about stolen-gate I figured "sure, it's Tuesday, people might still have the Monday blues, they will understand their mistake and edit their posts".

But no, no they didn't. It only went on further! And we expect to leave this planet one day to make home elsewhere

Strife212 said:
Yeah the amount of people who didn't read and are slating the guy is quite funny/sad

thanks to those who read my post properly, in stating that I had stolen it for another forum to share it with other people.

and to the people who slated me, learn to read and go do one, lol

again thanks to the OP, and stolen for another forum.