Arachis on Nostr: It is just mind boggling. A galaxy is so immense that the human mind cannot ...
It is just mind boggling. A galaxy is so immense that the human mind cannot comprehend its size as it contains 100's of millions of stars. If you would count one such star each second, 24/7, it would take you in excess of 1000 days to count all the stars in just one galaxy.
And such a galaxy is a mere grain of dust in the observable universe, itself containing 100's of millions of galaxies.
But what moves me most when I look at such a picture is the realisation that I look at places where life must exist, lots of it, part of it intelligent. And the realisation that at any time there is very probably intelligent creatures thinking about our galaxy like we do about theirs.
And such a galaxy is a mere grain of dust in the observable universe, itself containing 100's of millions of galaxies.
But what moves me most when I look at such a picture is the realisation that I look at places where life must exist, lots of it, part of it intelligent. And the realisation that at any time there is very probably intelligent creatures thinking about our galaxy like we do about theirs.