Amazing Scientific Rendering Of The The Known Universe!

heres an interesting number to make you feel even smaller

"Despite centuries of increasingly sophisticated observation from planet Earth, only 4 per cent of that universe is known -- because the rest is made up of what have been called, because they are invisible, dark matter and dark energy"http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wirestory?id=11926151&page=2

Well, what do we really know about the universe and what's going on out there? Dark energy, dark matter, the big bang, black holes, quasars - the list seems endless - are just theories/conjectures/deductions made to fit KNOWN scientific paradigms. We've got a long way to go before we even begin to understand the true nature of the cosmos.

Very cool... My only "negative" (for lack of better terminology) toward it is that it's a representation of the universe as WE know it and perceive it.. Who knows what's really out there!!!

That being said, imagine if the whole world could put aside its ego and realize how SMALL we are and yet, how big we are and the greater whole that we are connected to! .... Imagine if the smallest molecule inside our bodies was conscious, i'd imagine it would view the inside of our bodies the same as we view the universe. Our bodies are a universe for these particles just as the universe, whatever it is, is the same for us.. and perhaps the universe is a molecule for something else!! It's impossible to imagine with our human minds!!

I can't wait to find out the answers!!

we need more threads like this on ATS S&F. totally mind blowing. i cant wait to see what other bits of information we can find.

great thread i was reading i carnt remember where but it said our galaxy (the milkyway) to put in proportion is 1 grain of sand and the size of the univers would be the size of the hole earth that seems abit easy to understand.

Phew! To imagine the vastness is overwhelming to say the least.

I've been wondering, do we know where we are in the universe? Assuming the universe is spherical, i know we must be somewhere between the centre and the edge, but has it been 'defined' at all?

Is the universe spherical? Does it spin or turn like planets/solar systems/black holes/galaxies?

Originally posted by tim3lord
we need more threads like this on ATS S&F. totally mind blowing. i cant wait to see what other bits of information we can find.

Well, we've missed out the Time factor - the fourth dimension - completely! Remember, we consider that time commenced from the big bang. But suppose there was no big bang (as it's just a theory), then when did time begin? Dr Michio Kaku mentions the concept (reality?) of multiple universes. He goes on to say that very advanced civilizations could perhaps be shuttling through multiverses as a matter of course. What then happens to time?

Researchers in contemporary physics say that parallel universes have the concept of no time dimension and time can become negative in that environment. What probably happens in the parallel universe, the lack of time as a dimension or presence of time dimension that allows negative time, makes living through that environment very different form the physical universe. Space becomes finite and time becomes non-existent or a re-traceable factor. Like we can walk around in the physical universe from point A to point B, but in the parallel universe, it is possible to walk from one time to the next time.

There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than can be dreamt of in your philosophy!
Shakespeare

I've read somewhere that the universe is a sphere which is constantly expanding by some kind of ratio. This ratio or whatever is a variable but is normally between a range. Would that value get out of the range, our universe would collapse. I cannot say for sure this is correct but it's what I've read anyways. The representation of all this gigantic things to their actual size is already hard enough but a universe without time... Fried my brain. Thanks for the vids though. Truly freakishly epic...

Originally posted by OrionHunterX
Hi guys!

Here’s a mind boggling vid of the known universe.

edit on 20-10-2010 by OrionHunterX because: (no reason given)

Awesome Vid!! However, forgive me if i'm wrong, but i'm pretty sure we 'know' we have a moon. lol. Where the hell is that 0_o?

I've seen this one before; it is quite beautiful.

Wow...the universe is just so damn unimaginably huge, it really makes you think why we are where we are and how it all correlates to the universe...it is so mind boggling!

Very impressive!

Yet, I dont see the "conspiracy" in this.

Maybe BTS would be a better fit for your "show and tell" posts.

Amazing! When I think of the infinite size of the universe.... I am immediately turned to the infinite microcosms below us (in size)... bacteria, biological cells, mitochondria, atoms, protons....

This vastness itself is maddening. Really puts into perspective the importance of laughter, joy, and thrills.

Wooooww....really amazing....the best animation yet..very beautiful done. On the way back i thought...we are a needle in a hey-stack....very safe place to be for any advanced agressive REPTILIANS looking for trouble.

My next thought was that it was maybe not a very smart idea to sent that plaque with our home adress on it along with voyager deep into space....that mistake can be the end of humanity....just think of it....a decision made by a very naive person. Carl Sagan by any chance?

One word. Awesome

Amazing video, I am glad I took the time to watch it.
Not to get into the whole extraterrestrial debate,
But it just seems so obvious that we are not alone.
Why would they be so much awesomeness and beauty in the this universe for no one to perceive it?
It seems very selfish for me to think that this whole huge magnificent place is just ours and were so smart and full of pride that we run things and own it.
I feel humbled by that video it just shows the magnitude of the place we live in and how much we may never see or experience.
We live in a little ball and we never leave it.
It is just amazing.
My mind could be expanded so much more if I could get out of this place and the negativity and the close proximity to everyone.
To be able to get a full aerial view of life and its growth.
Hopefully if I am around in the next 20 yrs Lord willing I will get the chance...

this is another thing i read about the big bang he said the univers is spreading out all the time moveing faster out all the time an he said just imagine reversing it and its all heading back to the center again wetre ever that is anyway he said eventualy its guna end up back in one spot wich he thinks was a masive star to start with trillions of years ago, this is just someones theory but it makes abit of sence to me just thout id mention that

Originally posted by OrionHunterX

Originally posted by tim3lord
we need more threads like this on ATS S&F. totally mind blowing. i cant wait to see what other bits of information we can find.

Well, we've missed out the Time factor - the fourth dimension - completely! Remember, we consider that time commenced from the big bang. But suppose there was no big bang (as it's just a theory), then when did time begin? Dr Michio Kaku mentions the concept (reality?) of multiple universes. He goes on to say that very advanced civilizations could perhaps be shuttling through multiverses as a matter of course. What then happens to time?

Researchers in contemporary physics say that parallel universes have the concept of no time dimension and time can become negative in that environment. What probably happens in the parallel universe, the lack of time as a dimension or presence of time dimension that allows negative time, makes living through that environment very different form the physical universe. Space becomes finite and time becomes non-existent or a re-traceable factor. Like we can walk around in the physical universe from point A to point B, but in the parallel universe, it is possible to walk from one time to the next time

i totally agree. this subject is most fascinating to ponder considering just how interesting our own planet can be with its diversity and history and unknowns

the 4th dimension does sound suspiciously like that place i reconnect to every time i go to sleep

To-day there is a wide measure of agreement, which on the physical side of science approaches almost to unanimity, that the stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine. Mind no longer appears as an accidental intruder into the realm of matter; we are beginning to suspect that we ought rather to hail it as the creator and governor of the realm of matter.

Down the rabbit hole! I don't think we will ever be able to understand this concept fully until we progress to a higher level of intellect and spirituality and learn to think in more dimensions than the four at present.




www.manyuniverses.com...

Here is a flash application I found on newgrounds that has the same idea. It's easy to scroll. It really make you think how small and large humans really are.

www.newgrounds.com...