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- vroom101, on 07/04/2009, -1/+56duuuude!......look at all those galaxies in the background!
- indraroop, on 07/05/2009, -7/+30Those aren't galaxies - they're doodles photoshopped onto the picture by liberals to make us conservatives believe the earth is older than 6000 years.
- Wootinator, on 07/04/2009, -0/+23i wish i could just fly through space like futurama or hitch-hikers guide. :D
- nard3456, on 07/05/2009, -1/+20Space. It seems to go on and on forever. But then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you.
- dx0ne, on 07/05/2009, -1/+18We are alone in universe, we are unique... yeah, right.
One day you dream about buying new plasma tv or you worry about your hair looks and then you see picture like this. Makes you feel silly. - moliver21, on 07/05/2009, -1/+18Mind blown, once again, to realize that every single point of light in that picture is likely an entire galaxy, each of which possession millions of stars. If the Earth were anywhere on that picture, it would be virtually invisible. We are very, very, very small.
- nard3456, on 07/05/2009, -0/+13@Ne007
Thanks, I would never have been able to tell he was being sarcastic. - vroom101, on 07/04/2009, -0/+12"Hubble's Sweeping View of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies"
3000 x 2400 pixels (with title), 1371502 bytes: http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2008- ... (imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2008-24-a-print.jpg)
6000 x 4260 pixels, 32.92 MB: http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2008- ... (imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2008-24-a-hires_jpg.jpg)
10816 x 7679 pixels, 125.05 MB: http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2008- ... (imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2008-24-a-full_jpg.jpg)
Zoomable version: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/ ... (hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/2008/24/image/a/format/zoom/)
Via: STScI-2008-24, http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/ ... (hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/2008/24/image/a/) and http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/ ... (hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/2008/24/image/a/warn/) - sdcarter, on 07/05/2009, -2/+13When I see things like this I find it absolutely impossible to believe we're alone in the universe.
- vroom101, on 07/04/2009, -1/+11Title and most of the description from the article "Exceptionally deep view of strange galaxy" published 5 February 2009 at http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMA1NXPXPF_index_0.html
Annotated image: http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/hubble/heic090 ... (esamultimedia.esa.int/images/hubble/heic0901b_H1.jpg)
Submitted photo and annotated image via http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMA1NXPXPF_index_1.html - BasalCellBossk, on 07/05/2009, -0/+10You could not possibly tell from this scale what is at the centre of this galaxy or whether it is exuding or consuming light. The scale of this object is mind-buggeringly huge, and even a super-massive black hole, a monster, would be invisible amongst the light sources of the entire celestial object.
see this for more info:
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/03/black-holes ... - Necronomicana, on 07/05/2009, -0/+9They should have sent a poet.
- vroom101, on 07/05/2009, -0/+8". . . The galaxies in rich clusters undergo many interactions and mergers that tend to gradually turn gas-rich spirals into elliptical systems without much active star formation. As a result, there are far more ellipticals and fewer spirals in the Coma Cluster than are found in quieter corners of the Universe.
NGC 4921 is one of the rare spirals in Coma, and a rather unusual one -- it is an example of an 'anaemic spiral' where the normal vigorous star formation that creates a spiral galaxy's familiar bright arms is less intense. As a result there is just a delicate swirl of dust in a ring around the galaxy, accompanied by some bright young blue stars that are clearly separated out by Hubble's sharp vision. Much of the pale spiral structure in the outer parts of the galaxy is unusually smooth and gives the whole galaxy the ghostly look of a vast translucent jellyfish. . . ."
Via: http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMA1NXPXPF_index_0.html via http://digg.com/space/NGC_4921_An_Unusual_Spiral_G ... (digg.com/space/NGC_4921_An_Unusual_Spiral_Galaxy?t=26730736#c26730736) - jmdwinter, on 07/05/2009, -1/+8Mind has been boggled.
- Prodigy1990, on 07/05/2009, -0/+7every spec of color on that picture is a galaxy. even allllllll the way in the background
- vroom101, on 07/05/2009, -0/+6Humbling...very, very humbling.
- thegrantman, on 07/05/2009, -0/+6How much do they charge to ship a galaxy?
- copypastry, on 07/05/2009, -1/+6Damn cosmos, you expansive
- AmnesiacJack, on 07/05/2009, -2/+7That's the worst argument against God I've ever heard, holy ***** please try harder.
- TConundrum, on 07/05/2009, -0/+5Makes you think just how insignificant this comment is. In fact if I didn't write it I think the universe would just keep on doing what its doing.
- MrDoug, on 07/05/2009, -1/+6Yup. We're all alone in the universe. Nobody else...just us humans. Boy are we lucky.
- banski, on 07/05/2009, -0/+5Galaxy Zoo is in the process of classifying thousands of previously unclassified (and possibly never seen before) galaxies, anyone interested in this stuff should sign up and do their bit for science
http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ - missinglink, on 07/05/2009, -2/+6Nice pic, but what's so unusual about it?
- Aedilus, on 07/05/2009, -0/+4It doesn't work that way. Black holes are very difficult to see directly unless they are "feeding."
- meena12, on 07/05/2009, -0/+3awesome
- ketedford, on 07/05/2009, -2/+5Pics or it didn't happen.
- Ne007, on 07/05/2009, -0/+3@nard3456
I was just hoping that it was sarcasm...you never know..... - vroom101, on 07/04/2009, -0/+3Video . . .
"Hubblecast 26: Exceptionally deep view of strange galaxy": http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0901 ... (www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0901c.html)
YouTube version: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mighThFhNM4
Script: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/scripts/heic0 ... (www.spacetelescope.org/videos/scripts/heic0901.pdf) via http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0901 ... (www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0901c.html) - nurbsenvi, on 07/05/2009, -0/+3Does every one of those galaxies feature super massive black holes at the center?
- drippingdream, on 07/05/2009, -0/+3Absolutely stunning.
- doctressjulia, on 07/05/2009, -0/+3LOL
- clobersaurus, on 07/05/2009, -0/+3okay, forgive me Mr. Spock, but my knowledge of space is limited. Isn't there something like a "super-massive backhole" in the centre of every galaxy? It looks like this one (and all the other ones in the picture) has something that exudes instead of consumes light in the middle. Anyone out there an astrophysics?
- fabriciom, on 07/05/2009, -0/+3Seeing this there is no way that anyone can doubt that there is life out there.
- sandfish, on 07/05/2009, -0/+3More like billions, dude!
- detales, on 07/05/2009, -1/+4"Space...is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."
-HHGTTG - andrewh7, on 07/05/2009, -0/+3All those galaxies, each filled with solar systems, each filled with planets - so many hostile aliens who would want to kill us. Where are they and why haven't I been destroyed yet? Lazy alien bastards! Anything to avoid paying back my student loans.
- PixelMagic, on 07/05/2009, -0/+3I want to hop on board the NCC-1701 and head to NGC 4921 :)
- thegrantman, on 07/05/2009, -0/+3Do you have a video where you light yourself on fire?
- Soofi, on 07/05/2009, -1/+3Your logic is phenomenal! So by first making the assumption that the Bible implies we were never meant to leave the earth or travel through space, then the existence of matter and objects beyond our atmosphere is proof that God doesn't exist?! really?
Even with such a stupid argument, if you assume that the Bible implies those things as you say, then the only thing you can conclude is that the Bible is wrong about it - not that God doesn't exist - Christianity doesn't have a monopoly on faith or belief in God. For example, in Islam, the Qur'an alludes to the possibility of space travel and other creatures residing in our universe. - kreatre2007, on 07/05/2009, -5/+7I'm a conservative, but I don't believe that the Earth is only 6000 years old. The Bible is not a journal of Earth history. It's just a collection of scriptures that were CHOSEN by men to be included in one book.
- thegrantman, on 07/05/2009, -0/+2I'd like to see what the galaxy is blocking.
- Treshnell, on 07/05/2009, -0/+2It's unusual because, for a spiral galaxy, it has very undefined 'arms'.
- copypastry, on 07/05/2009, -0/+2more like hundreds of billions.
- Hindermore, on 07/05/2009, -0/+2Pics like this make me realize how insignificant I really am :o
- IAMRaven, on 07/05/2009, -0/+2That image is a view from millions of years ago. due to speed of light. What I would like to know is what does the universe look like TODAY! I guess we need a 'quantum entanglement telescope' that can 'remotely sense' light without having to wait for that light to actually arrive.
- jpl7986, on 07/05/2009, -0/+2that looks pretty close to how our galaxy is often depicted...
http://www.news.wisc.edu/newsphotos/images/Milky_W ... - inactive, on 07/05/2009, -1/+3Glaciers melting in the dead of night...
- doctressjulia, on 07/05/2009, -0/+1Or even gajillions. :P
- Talphin, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1The hostile aliens are all waring to determine which ones get to make weak minded species like us their slaves.
- gakboi, on 07/05/2009, -0/+1read the headline
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