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A Logarithmic Map of the Entire Observable Universe (blogger.googleusercontent.com)
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[–] Prodi_g123@vlemmy.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This would look so cool as a poster

[–] raunz@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Check the link. The guy sells them

[–] Blegh@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Mesmerising, fascinating and terrifying all at once.

[–] Sexypink@exploding-heads.com 4 points 2 years ago

Oh look, I can see all my failures in the sky

[–] MrSpectroscopy@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

I don't know why, but the big bang does not sit well with me. Not from any scientifically informed perspective, it doesn't seem right to have something that finite.

[–] Hopalong@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What does "unreachable" mean in the context of this picture? In the top left.

[–] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Probably expanding away faster than the speed of light

[–] Sockks@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The vastness of space terrifies me. All those places at the farthest points are most likely dead, creeping ever closer to us.

[–] raunz@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those places would be getting further and further away with time, wouldn't they? Not like that's less unsettling

[–] Sockks@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

To my understanding, yes.... Equally terrifying