The Universe is, big... For perspective as our place in the Universe, perhaps consider this pic...
Earth, from about 4B miles out...
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We are stardust.......
So earth just happened to be illuminated more then the rest of the dust or did they enhance it so that normies like us can see it?
I guess they call it the Pale Blue Dot.
I would be curious how they determined the spec was us instead of dust...
Exactly and that’s only 1 billion miles, which is a tiny 0.00017 light-year away and it’s already hard to tell the earth from other space debris.
And people think aliens can find and travel to our solar system from millions light years away.
If anything, this picture proves it’s almost an impossibility.
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Dust. In the wind, dude... whoa!
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I think the photograph proves how insignificant we are no matter how significant some think we are.
Sorry, but there’s nothing unique about us, more than a speck of dust in your house.
On this site is a multitude of different photographs
We are the tiny dot in the middle of the band on the right, zoom in and you will see us.
Scroll down to the bottom of this link and you will see a choice of many different photographic formats.
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/voyager-1s-pale-blue-dot/
Sorry, but there’s nothing unique about us, more than a speck of dust in your house.
On this site is a multitude of different photographs
We are the tiny dot in the middle of the band on the right, zoom in and you will see us.
Scroll down to the bottom of this link and you will see a choice of many different photographic formats.
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/voyager-1s-pale-blue-dot/
I'm going to push back, just because of the moral negation that idea gives rise to.
Except that ours is the only planet in the system spewing out radio waves and other emissions.
But it WILL take quite awhile to get here, since radio waves will take awhile to get there...however far "there" is.
AG, what you are saying is true, considering the mind blowing vastness of the Universe, its age of nearly 14B years and relatively short time we have existed.
But from another perspective, we as humans are important, because we codify our thoughts, history, etc. Perhaps one day, long after we are no longer here, some little space cat will visit and learn about the strange earthlings?
From my perspective, and from the perspective I gain from the lectures I attend, I wonder why humans are so cruel to each other. Aren't we all on this tiny rock together? It's beyond me. Just my 2 cents.
The 2 space travelers were observing Earth. One said, "They appear to be very smart; they have developed powerful weapons." The other replied, "Not so smart; they have them pointed at each other."
Except, except, there is something called cosmic noise and our radio waves simply lack the power to travel large distances and stand out from the noise. So no dice with that I’m afraid.
I’m ready to go to Mars with Elon!
Hmmm well we're still receiving transmissions from Voyager's very weak transmitter at, what, 24 billion km away?
But don't take my word for it:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...ay-how-much-longer-can-it-survive/ar-AA22qNnf
...and let's agree to disagree. Not worth arguing over have a great weekend.
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