about how we're one planet among hundreds of billions upon billions of planets, and we're in one galaxy among billions upon billions of galaxies?
doesn't it make you feel like things are put in a much different perspective?
2006-12-02 11:39:11 · 7 answers · asked by Mike 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I have always given that some thought.I sometimes dream that if this is true then surely there are millons of planets with life in them.I sometimes had even more wierd imaginations that what would happen if 2 people 180 deg apart from each other were to dig the whole center of the earth then what would happen?wouldn't their feet meet?since they are in opposite directions?of what is the source of the gravity?is it some huge and powerful magnet?
2006-12-02 12:29:56 · answer #1 · answered by Shaniqua 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the play "Our Town", Thorton Wilder explored this notion. The character Jane received a letter addressed as follows:
Jane Crofut
The Crofut Farm
Grover's Corners
Sutton County
New Hampshire
United States of America
Continent of North America
Western Hemisphere; the Earth
the Solar System
the Universe
the Mind of God
It does make you think, doesn't it?
2006-12-02 21:47:19 · answer #2 · answered by Otis F 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I mean I look at it this way.
me in the house
my house in the suburb
my suburb in the city
my city in the state
my state in australia
australia on earth
earth in the solar system
the solar system in this quadrant
the quadrant in the milky way
the milky way in the Local Cluster
the Local Cluster in the Universe
the Universe in the Multiverse.
that is earth and we are atoms
very tiny aren't we? : )
2006-12-02 20:30:50 · answer #3 · answered by matthewoborne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't agree more. I love lying out in my garden on a clear night and just looking up at the stars and it makes me feel infinitely small, but large as well (if that makes sense). Truly awe-inspiring. Good question!
2006-12-02 19:51:12 · answer #4 · answered by slıɐuǝoʇ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just makes me wonder what are hidden within the galaxies? anicient races? aliens? why thing are the way they are? are we insignificant? particles and energies beyond our current understanding?
2006-12-02 19:53:22 · answer #5 · answered by Wale 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont you know what its for?
for gods to think about everything and think about the reasons of the order we do things that way evrything can be counted not all at once
2006-12-02 20:10:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you might be interested in the Drake equation found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation
2006-12-02 20:09:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋