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The first pictures have just been published:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62122859
Absolutely stunning. The distances involved are mind-boggling.
Space isn't really my thing - once you realise how vast the distances are, it is hard to comprehend it all. And also, I'll never go there. I don't even really know whats bigger -a galaxy? A universe? What's the milky way? How does that fit in?
Is there a useful kind of map or chart that visually demonstrates all these things to highlight what TBG and Gofer rightly say above about how small and insignificant etc we are?
As a young kid, I used to imagine sitting on the moon and looking at Earth and knowing that people had different languages, customs and religions depending on when and where they were born on this planet. That attempt at an overview has never left me but I didn't have any concept of just how tiny our speck of dust is in respect of the firmament as a whole - and let's not imagine that this speck of dust will be habitable ad infinitum.
Would suggest starting here (and especially the last line):
https://youtu.be/buqtdpuZxvk
Some studies suggest there's likely to be at least a septillion stars in the universe, let alone planets which would on average raise the figure by a billion or two! So it's quite possible there may be at least 10^27 planets in the visible universe. Of course the other parts of the universe we can never see will contain an awful lot more. This is the chief reason I don't believe in the Rare Earth hypothesis.
Saw this the other day, which was a bit of an eyeopener
https://www.tiktok.com/@flamingo6686...=1657629470646
The University of Leicester has scored another hit - first inventing DNA and now this.