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> “With this achievement, the estimated number of galaxies in the universe had multiplied enormously — to 50 billion, five times more than previously expected,”
by baxtr 6y ago
> “With this achievement, the estimated number of galaxies in the universe had multiplied enormously — to 50 billion, five times more than previously expected,”
This numbers is sheer incredible. Each of them contains 50 billion stars. How come some think we’re alone in this universe?
EDIT: yeah, I know speed of light and all... it’s just a stupid fantasy that is fueled by these numbers
- pixl97 6y agoWell they are so far away we are for all practical reasons, alone. Suns will be born, die, reform from the ashes many times before a message at the speed of light could make a round trip. And that is to the ones at only a few billion light years away.
- zhengyi13 6y agoI just had this thought that, say, in prison, or a bad relationship, there could be a person in the room right next to yours, and there could be such a gulf between you that you are in fact completely and utterly alone. ... If there's no communication between you, what else would you call that but "alone"? Edit: I should say that I think I hear what you're saying, and I further think that there's always hope that you could bridge that gap.
- Ma8ee 6y agoI have this nagging thought that maybe intelligent life really is a coincidence of a grand cosmic scale. Maybe we really really are all alone in this galaxy and among many others. What an incredible opportunity we are given, and how we squander it with our bickering.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoLol, would love to know the thought process of someone that bothered to downvote you. if you don’t believe aliens exist, you are wronggggg!!!
- Ma8ee 6y agoYeah, that one surprised me too.
- stordoff 6y agoFor some reason, something that's always stuck with me is my grandfather asking the priest at my school (it was a church school) "Do you think aliens exist?" and him replying "I'd be naïve to think they don't". The sheer number of stars seems to make it likely we aren't alone. Whether we're practically alone, and will remain forever separated from our nearest intelligent neighbours, is a more interesting question IMO (though somehow discovering we are completely alone would be fascinating in its own right and raise further questions).
- vlasev 6y agoSome galaxies have stars in the trillions. Even the Milky way is at something like quarter of a trillion. It's mind-boggling.