Neo
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I tried explaining that to my gf last night 
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Wrighty
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This video got me watching loads more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSZqhqR5XKM
like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ZmOyng8-s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6CXsvNGkhg
Mental
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FruitBooTeR
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Also think about this...when you look up into the sky and gaze at all those thousands of billions of stars and think 'there must be life out there',
well remember that a very high majority of them will be stars (as in buring hot balls of gas with no life)
You cant actualy make out a lot of planets with the naked eye so imagine how many planets are out there circuling these stars that we cant see....
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JonnyJ
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Anyone ever read Steven Hawkings : A brief history in time?
Fascinating read, if your into space stuff i would highly recommend it, can get a bit complicated at times but just stick with it. Some of the things he mentions can just blow your mind!
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Also think about this...when you look up into the sky and gaze at all those thousands of billions of stars and think 'there must be life out there',
well remember that a very high majority of them will be stars (as in buring hot balls of gas with no life)
You cant actualy make out a lot of planets with the naked eye so imagine how many planets are out there circuling these stars that we cant see....
And actually go into space, and realise that what we can see down from earth is actually 1/100000000000 of the actual stars you can see when your up there!!!!
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DannyB
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Gif related, kind of puts it in to perspective just how small our planet is.
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by Wrighty
yep, and to think these nebulae, galaxys etc are all lightyears across in distance in these pics too
when we look into the night sky, we can only see whats in our milky way..and then i think we are only going to be here a few years compared to the universe..and thats it, its a miracle we are here, we are born, we die, and get told what to do inbetween. thats life, thats all there is to it..
Suicide day. 
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FruitBooTeR
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I dont see how they can get even a decent guesstimate at the size of some of those stars consdering how far away they are...
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SVM 286
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Bloody hell Dan! We aren't even substantial enough to be the shit on someone's shoe.
This sort of thing could drive one mad.
It's no wonder the Apollo mission astronauts came back changed men.
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quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
I dont see how they can get even a decent guesstimate at the size of some of those stars consdering how far away they are...
Fairly simple maths surely? They can measure the width of them from a certain distance, and they know how far away they are, so therefore can work out the actual size.
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FruitBooTeR
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
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Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
I dont see how they can get even a decent guesstimate at the size of some of those stars consdering how far away they are...
Fairly simple maths surely? They can measure the width of them from a certain distance, and they know how far away they are, so therefore can work out the actual size.
Yeh but how do they even measure distance when looking at objects so far away?
I mean when measuring in 'light years' for instance, when they are looking through a telescope how can they tell how many 'light years' something is away....
Complex stuff if you ask me
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVjF_7ensg
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Nath
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That Gif got a bit mental shortly after the Sun 
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Ojc
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The size of some of those planets is just inconceivable
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Wrighty
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quote:
Originally posted by SVM 286
quote:
Originally posted by Wrighty
yep, and to think these nebulae, galaxys etc are all lightyears across in distance in these pics too
when we look into the night sky, we can only see whats in our milky way..and then i think we are only going to be here a few years compared to the universe..and thats it, its a miracle we are here, we are born, we die, and get told what to do inbetween. thats life, thats all there is to it..
Suicide day.
hardly mate
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Wrighty
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Originally posted by Ojc
The size of some of those planets is just inconceivable
could you say that for everything else thats out there, larger then ourselves?
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J da Silva
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quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
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Originally posted by Cosmo
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Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
I dont see how they can get even a decent guesstimate at the size of some of those stars consdering how far away they are...
Fairly simple maths surely? They can measure the width of them from a certain distance, and they know how far away they are, so therefore can work out the actual size.
Yeh but how do they even measure distance when looking at objects so far away?
I mean when measuring in 'light years' for instance, when they are looking through a telescope how can they tell how many 'light years' something is away....
Complex stuff if you ask me
Deeerrr.. tape measure! 
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Wrighty
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Originally posted by Craiggallon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVjF_7ensg
Mega 
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by J da Silva
Deeerrr.. tape measure!
They'll probably need the size tape measure down from the one I use to measure my cock.
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J da Silva
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
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Originally posted by J da Silva
Deeerrr.. tape measure!
They'll probably need the size tape measure down from the one I use to measure my cock.
I thought he was on about real planets, didn't realise you lot were on the toy sized planet models. 
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Cosmo
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Oh, he isnt?
My bad.
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J da Silva
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No, he isn't, Cosmo has a small willy.
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Cosmo
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Tiny
Ask your sis.
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J da Silva
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That's probably the only sister comment you could say where I actually believe you.
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Carl
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Jmaes Zabiela playing at Space. 
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