Current Events > Size of universe argument suffer setback. NASA finds universe may be smaller

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darkphoenix181 01/17/21 8:56:11 AM #1:	https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/world/new-horizons-space-fewer-galaxies-scn-trnd/index.html A previous measurement by Hubble Space Telescope suggested there were 2 trillion galaxies spread across the universe. Now, the latest research points to only hundreds of billions of galaxies instead. Losing some zeros. Nah, size of universe people will still believe, because they want to. <cite>darkphoenix181 posted [p:949597795] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/world/new-horizons-space-fewer-galaxies-scn-trnd/index.html <quote>A previous measurement by Hubble Space Telescope suggested there were 2 trillion galaxies spread across the universe. Now, the latest research points to only hundreds of billions of galaxies instead.</quote> Losing some zeros. Nah, size of universe people will still believe, because they want to. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
REexpert44 01/17/21 8:57:06 AM #2:	This is outrageous! Thats unfair! --- It's Thinking... <cite>REexpert44 posted [p:949597809] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>This is outrageous! Thats unfair! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KainWind 01/17/21 8:58:46 AM #3:	I bet Pluto was in one of those galaxies they got rid of. --- Momentai <cite>KainWind posted [p:949597832] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>I bet Pluto was in one of those galaxies they got rid of. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 01/17/21 8:58:53 AM #4:	Still huge. <cite>Zikten posted [p:949597834] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>Still huge.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SPE 01/17/21 8:58:55 AM #5:	This whole concept of outer space makes me uncomfortable. whats out there? Nothing? A penny could drop forever? --- Welcome to the Spore Store! My shrooms are delicious, suspicious, but never malicious! <cite>SPE posted [p:949597836] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>This whole concept of outer space makes me uncomfortable. whats out there? Nothing? A penny could drop forever? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkphoenix181 01/17/21 9:00:21 AM #6:	Zikten posted... Still huge. That is relative. Few hundred billion is literally less than half the size of 2 trillion. <cite>darkphoenix181 posted [p:949597862] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite> <quote>Still huge.</quote> That is relative. Few hundred billion is literally less than half the size of 2 trillion. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CyricZ 01/17/21 9:03:08 AM #7:	Size queens. --- CyricZ <cite>CyricZ posted [p:949597915] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>Size queens. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 01/17/21 9:03:39 AM #8:	SPE posted... This whole concept of outer space makes me uncomfortable. whats out there? Nothing? A penny could drop forever? There is no dropping in space. It would just float in a random direction until it got caught in something's gravity <cite>Zikten posted [p:949597924] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>SPE posted...</cite> <quote>This whole concept of outer space makes me uncomfortable. whats out there? Nothing? A penny could drop forever? </quote> There is no dropping in space. It would just float in a random direction until it got caught in something's gravity</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 01/17/21 9:04:15 AM #9:	darkphoenix181 posted... That is relative. Few hundred billion is literally less than half the size of 2 trillion. If thr universe was as big as we thought, it wouldn't matter to us cause we'd never be able to explore it all anyway <cite>Zikten posted [p:949597933] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>darkphoenix181 posted...</cite> <quote> That is relative. Few hundred billion is literally less than half the size of 2 trillion. </quote> If thr universe was as big as we thought, it wouldn't matter to us cause we'd never be able to explore it all anyway</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkphoenix181 01/17/21 9:06:14 AM #10:	Zikten posted... If thr universe was as big as we thought, it wouldn't matter to us cause we'd never be able to explore it all anyway How small would it need to be for you to not say, "it is so big, there has to be intelligent life out there!" ? <cite>darkphoenix181 posted [p:949597970] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite> <quote>If thr universe was as big as we thought, it wouldn't matter to us cause we'd never be able to explore it all anyway</quote> How small would it need to be for you to not say, "it is so big, there has to be intelligent life out there!" ? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lilORANG 01/17/21 9:07:16 AM #11:	Our view of the universe is based on what we can see right fucking here on earth. We have absolutely no idea what's out there. --- #FeelTheBern https://imgur.com/q5z4CUu https://imgur.com/6B9oFXh https://imgur.com/sy42Dlf <cite>lilORANG posted [p:949597987] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>Our view of the universe is based on what we can see right fucking here on earth. We have absolutely no idea what's out there.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 01/17/21 9:08:00 AM #12:	I wonder what galaxy Kars hit by now --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:949597999] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>I wonder what galaxy Kars hit by now </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 01/17/21 9:08:02 AM #13:	darkphoenix181 posted... How small would it need to be for you to not say, "it is so big, there has to be intelligent life out there!" ? I dont know. Maybe like a handful of solar systems maybe. Even one galaxy i think has the odds of having alien life. If the entire universe was simply the milky way I would still believe in aliens <cite>Zikten posted [p:949598001] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>darkphoenix181 posted...</cite> <quote> How small would it need to be for you to not say, "it is so big, there has to be intelligent life out there!" ? </quote> I dont know. Maybe like a handful of solar systems maybe. Even one galaxy i think has the odds of having alien life. If the entire universe was simply the milky way I would still believe in aliens</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 01/17/21 9:08:39 AM #14:	the cosmic world-eating giantesses still exist though right...? --- Ride it on out, like a bird in the skyways <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:949598009] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>the cosmic world-eating giantesses still exist though right...? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Trent 01/17/21 9:10:18 AM #15:	in 20 years: hey guys we found out it's actually like a couple hundred in 80 years: wait there's some shit we didn't know there's not many at all in 100 years: okay it's too late, our place was the only one and we double dad dicked it every chance we got sorry --- i'm Trent B and i get respect your cash and your jewelry is what i expect <cite>The Trent posted [p:949598038] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>in 20 years: hey guys we found out it's actually like a couple hundred in 80 years: wait there's some shit we didn't know there's not many at all in 100 years: okay it's too late, our place was the only one and we double dad dicked it every chance we got sorry </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 01/17/21 9:13:24 AM #16:	huh, turns out earth is the only planet :/ earth: --- Ride it on out, like a bird in the skyways <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:949598088] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>huh, turns out earth is the only planet :/ earth: </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
3PiesAndAFork 01/17/21 9:15:15 AM #17:	Looks like your mom lost a bit of weight --- @('_')@ <cite>3PiesAndAFork posted [p:949598121] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>Looks like your mom lost a bit of weight </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SPE 01/17/21 9:22:28 AM #18:	Zikten posted... There is no dropping in space. It would just float in a random direction until it got caught in something's gravity true that. But you get my point, there is no end? Really? --- Welcome to the Spore Store! My shrooms are delicious, suspicious, but never malicious! <cite>SPE posted [p:949598255] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite> <quote>There is no dropping in space. It would just float in a random direction until it got caught in something's gravity</quote> true that. But you get my point, there is no end? Really? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 01/17/21 9:29:59 AM #19:	SPE posted... true that. But you get my point, there is no end? Really? no end at least in any sense we currently understand <cite>Zikten posted [p:949598376] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>SPE posted...</cite> <quote> true that. But you get my point, there is no end? Really? </quote> no end at least in any sense we currently understand</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Esrac 01/17/21 9:32:11 AM #20:	viewmaster_pi posted... huh, turns out earth is the only planet :/ earth: Well, time to build a could Space Noah class arc ships, load all the trash in our landfills into them, and launch them into the sun. <cite>Esrac posted [p:949598410] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>viewmaster_pi posted... </cite> <quote>huh, turns out earth is the only planet :/ earth: </quote> Well, time to build a could Space Noah class arc ships, load all the trash in our landfills into them, and launch them into the sun. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 01/17/21 9:36:21 AM #21:	load all our trash into an ark so it can survive another great flood, then push it back out onto the ground again, then throw away the ark --- Ride it on out, like a bird in the skyways <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:949598477] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>load all our trash into an ark so it can survive another great flood, then push it back out onto the ground again, then throw away the ark </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SaltyDogGum 01/17/21 9:39:23 AM #22:	But is there a multiversw? --- Unleash the Kraken <cite>SaltyDogGum posted [p:949598535] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>But is there a multiversw? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Graycap 01/17/21 9:40:58 AM #23:	SPE posted... true that. But you get my point, there is no end? Really? We can't determine that from where we are in the universe (billions of years after creation and with billions of galaxies in every direction from us). The universe could have an end, or it could not. It could even loop back on itself. We'll likely never know. --- Say it on your main. <cite>Graycap posted [p:949598571] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>SPE posted...</cite> <quote> true that. But you get my point, there is no end? Really? </quote> We can't determine that from where we are in the universe (billions of years after creation and with billions of galaxies in every direction from us). The universe could have an end, or it could not. It could even loop back on itself. We'll likely never know.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThyCorndog 01/17/21 9:42:48 AM #24:	the truth is they don't know how vast it is. there's a lot of assumptions we make about the universe based on looking at specks of light at incredibly far distances. there could be stuff behind the stars they're looking at that they can't see. there could be a multiverse. they just don't know and we'll likely probably never know --- https://imgur.com/6cPXvLN https://imgur.com/hVC4i6j <cite>ThyCorndog posted [p:949598609] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>the truth is they don't know how vast it is. there's a lot of assumptions we make about the universe based on looking at specks of light at incredibly far distances. there could be stuff behind the stars they're looking at that they can't see. there could be a multiverse. they just don't know and we'll likely probably never know </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 01/17/21 9:45:24 AM #25:	Graycap posted... We'll likely never know. ThyCorndog posted... we'll likely probably never know the duality of man --- Ride it on out, like a bird in the skyways <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:949598664] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>Graycap posted... </cite> <quote>We'll likely never know.</quote> ThyCorndog posted... </cite> <quote>we'll likely probably never know</quote> the duality of man </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThyCorndog 01/17/21 9:46:47 AM #26:	viewmaster_pi posted... the duality of man there could be more sides to man. we'll probably likely never know how many sides --- https://imgur.com/6cPXvLN https://imgur.com/hVC4i6j <cite>ThyCorndog posted [p:949598697] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>viewmaster_pi posted... </cite> <quote>the duality of man</quote>there could be more sides to man. we'll probably likely never know how many sides </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Beveren_Rabbit 01/17/21 9:47:57 AM #27:	If the entire population of Earth suddenly got propelled into space in all directions less than 1% of the human population would hit something. The rest would float endlessly into space until the end of time. --- flops <cite>Beveren_Rabbit posted [p:949598717] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>If the entire population of Earth suddenly got propelled into space in all directions less than 1% of the human population would hit something. The rest would float endlessly into space until the end of time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam 01/17/21 9:49:07 AM #28:	Simon must have thrown a lot more of them then we realized. --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs <cite>Turbam posted [p:949598733] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>Simon must have thrown a lot more of them then we realized. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 01/17/21 9:50:01 AM #29:	maybe she can become a brain surgeon's assistant in florida --- Ride it on out, like a bird in the skyways <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:949598750] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>maybe she can become a brain surgeon's assistant in florida </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 01/17/21 9:50:30 AM #30:	ah, i appear to have posted in the wrong topic --- Ride it on out, like a bird in the skyways <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:949598761] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>ah, i appear to have posted in the wrong topic </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkphoenix181 01/17/21 9:50:57 AM #31:	3PiesAndAFork posted... Looks like your mom lost a bit of weight Universe got called fat and rejected. Now it is trimming up. <cite>darkphoenix181 posted [p:949598772] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>3PiesAndAFork posted... </cite> <quote>Looks like your mom lost a bit of weight</quote> Universe got called fat and rejected. Now it is trimming up. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DravenRainrix 01/17/21 9:54:18 AM #32:	And if the universe were Minecraft, the earth wouldn't even be a single block. --- Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah... Diddly do diddly do diddly do... <cite>DravenRainrix posted [p:949598847] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>And if the universe were Minecraft, the earth wouldn't even be a single block. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
onedarksoul 01/17/21 12:15:50 PM #33:	Huh. How about that --- Finish a game? Add it to our list! Beat 1,000 games: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/213-nonstop-gaming-general/79214807 <cite>onedarksoul posted [p:949602395] in Size of un... [t:79244005]...</cite> <quote>Huh. How about that </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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