In what direction is the universe expanding?

[horrie hastings]

 

[horrie hastings]

 

[Generalzod]

 

[BossyC]

My telescope isn't for planetry photos you can see it but it way to small.

I have a pair of 7x50's and have observed Jupiter and three of her galilean satellites while laying back on a beach in Fiji...Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. All you need is a nice dark spot, free from any light polution.

 

[Murishido]

I should answer the thread. Where are we headed? Nowhere really.

We are a shitty little extremely lucky planet. A speck of dust caught up in whatever other force is pulling us along. And in around 100 years from now none of us will be here to post about it (I hope this forum lives past 100 years from now to quote myself and others to confirm this truth).

It honestly puts our version of God in perspective. We have a primitive understanding of our own human history here on earth. We will never truly understand what is beyond us. Philosophy and God is our attempt to understand something we will never know. And we all need to get comfortable with it.

The jurassic park quote on intelligence as a trait hits home when looking at this. (For some reason bad movies have little nuggets)

We actually haven't been here that long in terms of life on just our tiny little planet.

And even if we do somehow how get it all together to survive it's expansion our sun will implode and "we" all die.

 

[Mojo]

The jurassic park quote on intelligence as a trait hits home when looking at this. (For some reason bad movies have little nuggets)

We actually haven't been here that long in terms of life on just our tiny little planet.

And even if we do somehow how get it all together to survive its expansion our sun will implode and "we" all die.

Oh good. I feel so much better now.

 

[Murishido]

Well we've been around for less than 0.02% of the estimated life of the universe and live on one planet in what trillions of galaxies.

It takes some arrogance to think we've unlocked the secrets of the universe and that we'll live on for eternity.

 

[BossyC]

Well we've been around for less than 0.02% of the estimated life of the universe and live on one planet in what trillions of galaxies.

It takes some arrogance to think we've unlocked the secrets of the universe and that we'll live on for eternity.

In around 4 or 5 billion years our Sun will inflate to become a red giant engulfing Mercury, Venus and probably Earth also. We should be long gone before then.

 

[BossyC]

Google Search

 

[Nutz]

In around 4 or 5 billion years our Sun will inflate to become a red giant engulfing Mercury, Venus and probably Earth also. We should be long gone before then.

Speak for yourself boss

 

[Nutz]

I have a pair of 7x50's and have observed Jupiter and three of her galilean satellites while laying back on a beach in Fiji...Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. All you need is a nice dark spot, free from any light polution.

I can see Uranus if I zoom in, oh the thought of it makes me wanna puke

 

[Eleven11]

I can see Uranus if I zoom in, oh the thought of it makes me wanna puke