Do you get a strange felling knowing that space never ends?

Answer 1

yes, sorta like the strange feeling I get when I think that when I look at something 1000 light years away, I am seeing far into the past, not the present. Or, even stranger, say we got a radio message from another intelligent lifeform that was 10,000 light years away from us... chances are their civilization would already be gone by the time we heard the message (destroyed by themselves most likely... like what we are doing to our own planet).

Answer 2

NOPE.

But it really seems to bother a lot of people who do not want to take the time or trouble to understand and fully comprehend the vastness of space.

At this time it is reported by a number of well qualified astronomers that the fartherest diswtance we can see out into space using our present level of optical and radio telescope equipment is 40 Billion Light Years in every direction. It is logical to assume that in ten or twenty years we may have improved software or hardware which might extend our seeing capability out to maybe 60 Billion Light Years which is even better. That is not the end of space...
that is just as far as our equipment will permit us to "see."

Now that is not infinity, but for my purposes it is so far out there that it might as well be. And, it doesn't bother me a bit.
What does bother me is that people do not seem to understand that our Sun is a star. And, in the night sky you can see billions of stars - with each one having the possibility of having from 0 to 10 (or more) planets with their associated moons circling around them. Most all of the stars that you see on a clear night with the unaided eye are in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Beyond the Milky Way Galaxy there are more than 100,000 other galaxies, and each one of those contains billions of stars. Yes, you guessed it... Each one of those stars could have from 0 to 10 (or more) planets with their moons circling around it.

Now that is a lot of stuff out there. And, like I said, most people haven't a clue about it being like that, that vast, that huge, and that complex. Worse, they try and liken parts of the universe to things which they know and understand here on Earth. For the most part, all of those comparisons are futile, and ill conceived. The enormity of outer space is truly mind bending and amazing beyond belief. What difference does it make if it ends or not? We know that it extends far beyond our wildest dreams.

Answer 3

YES! i diffidently do. It's such an amazing thing to think about it. And also (if you can comprehend this)..we are one of the billions and billions of solar systems in the milky way galaxy...and the milky way galaxy is one of the 1000's of billions and billions of Galaxy's out there in the universe with billions of solar systems inside of them with 0-10 planets circling them..(and most people don't even realize how big no...HUGE of a number a billion is. so yeah it's kind of a weird feeling to know how HUGE this universe is. But for some reason it comforts me...I feel like we are not the only people out there you know? I do believe in other life on planets out there..and to know that we are NOT the only living things around is awesome to know. but i am getting way way way off topic. So yeah i hope this answers your question lol

Answer 4

No, although if you're getting at whether I think something exists in space, then yes. It's not strange to realize that we can't be the only thing at least this intelligent in our universe.

Answer 5

YES! It's always made me feel weird, it's definitely kinda creepy. Partly because it's hard to really wrap your mind around that idea, ya know.

Answer 6

i know what you mean.... it's kinda the feeling I get when I think about being able to live forever. It just goes on and on and on haha. I try not think about things that make me go crazy :-)

Answer 7

I think it goes on forever, beyond anything I can imagine.

Answer 8

I sure do! Great question!

Answer 9

No, do ya'? I think it's cool!

Answer 10

no.

its part of god's plan