Post # : 583 Age : 45 Location : O.C. California Status : Master of Badassery
Subject: The Known Universe Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:42 am
It kind of puts things into perspective. It makes you realize how truly insignificant we really are.
manny2921 I AM The Mvmt
Post # : 218 Age : 30 Location : Miami,FL 33190 Status : Im Im Not Evening Trying & Im Better Than You!
Subject: Re: The Known Universe Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:53 am
holy shit! are we really that small... god damn. that's not fair but than again life isn't fair.
GenXGamer Civilian
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Subject: Re: The Known Universe Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:15 am
I'M JUST A SQUIRREL TRYIN' TO GET A NUT!!!!
tuffmuff THE 1st Lady*
Post # : 3462 Age : 41 Location : H-town, Texas Status : keeping my peace
Subject: Re: The Known Universe Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:37 am
very cool video... I just wanna know how they see that far...
trailside13 Civilian
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Subject: Re: The Known Universe Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:13 pm
I think they just map everything that they have so far and show everything they have so far into a 3D perspective. You can sorta tell it isn't actually a satellite or something, because if it was it would of showed the stars our scientist haven't graphed.
trailside13 Civilian
Post # : 819 Age : 31 Location : Pampa, TX
Subject: Re: The Known Universe Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:19 pm
They also have if I remember a huge telescope in the north pole (yay Santa ). But I've also heard they just recently let loose a satalite that will travel way far out to show the rest of the solar system. And that video is a bit off in a way, because I've heard they've found 3 or 4 other planets in our solar system and it doesn't show those. They know so much about other galaxies and yet they haven't found planets that our in our solar system. They think way to much outside the box I guess >.>
Hells Civilian
Post # : 583 Age : 45 Location : O.C. California Status : Master of Badassery
Subject: Re: The Known Universe Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:46 pm
A lot of deep space pics are taken with NASA's Hubble telescope.
pranc2 I AM The Mvmt
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Subject: Re: The Known Universe Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:54 pm
manny2921 wrote:
holy shit! are we really that small... god damn. that's not fair but than again life isn't fair.
just a bead of water on a grasshoppers back.....
Hells Civilian
Post # : 583 Age : 45 Location : O.C. California Status : Master of Badassery
Subject: Re: The Known Universe Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:54 am
Imagine how microscopic organisms feel. LOL
GenXGamer Civilian
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Subject: Re: The Known Universe Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:59 am
Infinite Bigness meets Infinite Smallness......
JayGood Capofamiglia*
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Subject: Re: The Known Universe Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:07 pm
Hmmm...brings a new meaning to miniscule.
We are not alone...
~Goodz~
TX11 Civilian
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Subject: Re: The Known Universe Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:17 pm
They use thermal mapping with the hubble space telescope to map the locations. They have no way of telling what it looks like that there looking at when using thermal imaging. Thermal imaging in space works over a course of time. First they look in a direction of space with the thermal imaging to see light (light gives off heat) that is emitted by other stars galaxies and planets. Over a period of time they continually look in that same direction and map the same area. Then they compare with the previous maps calculate in hubbles orbit around earth and then calculate if the object(s) they were mapping have moved or changed thermal light intensities and to see if what they are looking at has changed location in space or moved. After this is done scientists then compare certain characteristics of things they already know and apply them to reason on deciding if what they are looking at is a planet, star, galaxy, and/or constellations. This same process is used with ultraviolet light waves as well. This method is only really used on viewing objects many light years away. Hubble can also take multiple images of an area while panning space and then nasa prints them out and puts it together like a puzzle. @trail There are only 8 planets in our solar system. They dropped pluto a year or so ago as a planet. The other so called maybe planets are stars. Because of thermal imaging and time it takes for light to travel that distance scientists once again apply knowledge about things they already know to determine what it is or isnt that they are looking at. An example of this is in the video. How do scientists claim to be looking at light from the big bang? Thermal Imaging.. Also when looking at things un heard of and never seen or heard of before scientist have to think outside the box. That is why everything that they are unsure of or cannot prove with science becomes a theory. EX: Big Bang Theory!!! So then you ask yourself if it is a theory (remember they don't know what there looking at) how can the light from the Big Bang be in the video? The answer is no one really knows what it is but this is what scientists theorize it is because with thermal imaging they applied what they already knew about other similar objects in other words there opinion. This is why athiests say no god. because most not all but most agree with the scientists theory of big bang/evolution. Religion stats god made all of this. But if god made it where was god when nothing was here? These are both sides of the argument but however are only 1 part of the overall argument.
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manny2921 I AM The Mvmt
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Subject: Re: The Known Universe Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:23 pm
pranc2 wrote:
manny2921 wrote:
holy shit! are we really that small... god damn. that's not fair but than again life isn't fair.
just a bead of water on a grasshoppers back.....
WTF? DON'T GET IT?
manny2921 I AM The Mvmt
Post # : 218 Age : 30 Location : Miami,FL 33190 Status : Im Im Not Evening Trying & Im Better Than You!
Subject: Re: The Known Universe Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:25 pm
well TX know his stuff.
TX11 Civilian
Post # : 112 Age : 40 Location : New York and not the city
Subject: Re: The Known Universe Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:29 pm
I watch way too much science channel, history channel, and discovery channel. My women hates it. LOL! She doesn't understand why i don't like reality tv but in her words like this garbage. LOL
Hells Civilian
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Subject: Re: The Known Universe Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:25 pm
TX11 wrote:
There are only 8 planets in our solar system. They dropped pluto a year or so ago as a planet. The other so called maybe planets are stars.
There are currently 8 planets and 3 dwarf planets which are Ceres (in the asteroid belt), Pluto and Eris all revolving around our single star, the Sun which makes up our solar system. A few more dwarf planets have been discovered but have not officially been recognized as dwarf planets.
pranc2 I AM The Mvmt
Post # : 553 Age : 41 Location : Dallas,TX Status : party like its 1911
Subject: Re: The Known Universe Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:14 pm
JayGood wrote:
Hmmm...brings a new meaning to miniscule.
We are not alone...
~Goodz~
your right... how could not we be? doesnt use being alone in that entire vastness of space sound more far fetched?? i mean for all way known or universe is just a bead of water on a grasshoppers back. mathematics is the realist thing that we have hear...
12/21/2012 mean anything to anyone?? really almost another topic