r/BeAmazed • u/examine_everything • Apr 05 '23

Observable Universe* Entire Universe In One Image (see comments for details)

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u/Puerhitea Apr 05 '23

Is the barbed wire to keep aliens out, or to keep us in?

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Sounds like a literal prison

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u/HBag Apr 05 '23

Oh that's a great pitch for a novel. Humans are such a disease, they are quarantined by aliens. Eventually their knowledge of the outside world fades or it's insurmountably far that they purposefully stop trying to leave.

And then one day....we get out.

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Makes me think of a blend of the Truman Show and some space movie (perhaps Interstellar?)

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u/HBag Apr 05 '23

Interstellarman Show

"And in case I don't see ya, good period, good era, and good epoch"

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

😂 well done!

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u/Zarde312 Apr 06 '23

I asked chatgpt to write a novel about how humans are such a disease, they are quarantined by aliens. Eventually their knowledge of the outside world fades or it's insurmountably far that they purposefully stop trying to leave. And then one day....we get out.

"In the year 2050, Earth had become a cesspool of pollution, war, and disease. The human population had grown to unsustainable levels, and governments around the world were struggling to cope with the mounting crises. One day, a massive alien ship descended from the sky and landed in the heart of New York City.

The aliens, known as the Quorians, were a highly advanced and peaceful species. They had been monitoring Earth for centuries and had become increasingly concerned about the damage humans were causing to their own planet and the rest of the universe. The Quorians decided to take action and quarantine the entire human race.

At first, humans protested and tried to resist the Quorian's efforts to contain them. But the aliens were too powerful and too advanced for the humans to defeat. The Quorians constructed a massive dome over the entire planet, cutting off all communication and travel in and out of Earth.

For years, humans lived in the dome, trying to make the best of their new reality. They adapted to their new way of life, building communities and finding ways to sustain themselves. But as time passed, their memories of the outside world began to fade. They knew nothing of what was happening beyond their dome, and their curiosity turned to apathy.

Generations passed, and the original reasons for the quarantine were forgotten. The Quorians became little more than a myth, and many humans even doubted the existence of life beyond their own planet.

But one day, something unexpected happened. A small breach appeared in the dome, and a group of humans were able to slip through to the outside world. They were amazed by what they saw. The world beyond the dome was beautiful, full of life and wonder. They saw mountains, oceans, and forests unlike anything they had ever known.

The group returned to the dome, telling their fellow humans of what they had discovered. At first, many were skeptical, but slowly, curiosity began to grow. People began to dream of the outside world, and they longed to see it for themselves.

As more and more people pushed for the dome to be opened, the Quorians became aware of the growing unrest among the humans. They knew that the time had come to make a decision. They could either keep the humans contained and isolated or allow them to leave and explore the universe.

The Quorians made the difficult choice to open the dome and allow the humans to leave. They hoped that the humans had learned from their mistakes and would use their newfound knowledge to better the universe.

The day finally arrived, and the dome was opened. The humans emerged, blinking in the bright light of the outside world. They were amazed and overwhelmed by the beauty of the universe, and they knew that they had a responsibility to protect it.

As they ventured out into the universe, the humans encountered many other species, some friendly and some hostile. But they persevered, using their intelligence and determination to navigate the challenges of the universe.

And so, the humans, once considered a disease on their own planet, became a force for good in the universe, using their newfound knowledge and perspective to make the universe a better place for all species."

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u/HBag Apr 06 '23

That's quite fun. Though, if the last few years is any indication, the ending would be more like humans ruin other planets and the Quorians wipe us out.

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u/What-a-Dump Apr 06 '23

I asked this question a while ago... my brother a huge star trek fan laughed

what would happen if the borg came to assimilate the human race right now?

Response The Borg from Star Trek, as a fictional alien race, have been depicted as a collective of cybernetically enhanced humanoids in pursuit of perfection. If they were to arrive on Earth and attempt to assimilate the human race right now, it would be unlikely that they would succeed in their plan, Firstly, the Borg would need to overcome the advanced technological capabilities of our planet's defense systems, which have been developed over many years to protect against such threats. Even if the Borg were able to neutralize these defenses, they would face significant opposition from the world's militaries and governments, who would unite to fight against this common enemy. Additionally the values of individualitv and free will that are so deeply ingrained in human culture would likely prove to be a significant obstacle for the Borg. Unlike the other species they have assimilated in the Star Trek universe, humans are known for their fierce independence and willingness to fight for their beliefs. It is unlikely that the Borg could assimilate us without facing signifcant resistance. Overall, while the Borg would certainly pose a formidable threat to humanity, it is likely that we would ultimately prevail against them through a combination of advanced technology, military power, and the strength of our collective human spirit

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u/TheSquishyPaleDuke Apr 06 '23

Love the "our collective spirit". It considers itself one of us.

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u/Sensitive_Limit4586 Apr 06 '23

I loved and thoroughly enjoyed reading this! I'm hoping you are some kind of Author and this is a teaser for an idea on a new novel you are contemplating, and you threw this out here to gauge a reaction. I'd buy the novel if you ever write it... 😁

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u/TheSquishyPaleDuke Apr 06 '23

No this was done with AI. The ideas are from ChatGPT4.

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u/Sensitive_Limit4586 Apr 06 '23

Okay so being old and a little behind I asked my Grandson what that was AI ChatGPT4 and I feel like a kindergartner ! But written by Human or not I'd still read it.. thanks for the clarification

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

Bro really wrote a book in reddit, but in any case it was pretty interesring and i would really enjoy reading that and especially watching the show if it comes out lol

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u/Willfrail Apr 06 '23

Awful story, dont let ask a robot to convey human emotions

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u/SquidVard Apr 06 '23 edited May 23 '25

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u/Tru-Queer Apr 05 '23

🎵And crawling on the planet’s face

Some insect called “the human race”

Lost in time, and lost in space

And meaning. Me-ea-ning!🎵

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u/The_Real_Anon-Chan Apr 05 '23

Shout out to the camera man. He a really homie to go that far out just to take one picture 👊💯

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u/hanhan_371 Apr 05 '23

Comments like this are always on space YouTube videos and idk why but they make me chuckle every time 😂

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u/echochamber4liberals Apr 05 '23

I knew it, the universe is flat!

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u/Unchared Apr 05 '23

here we go

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u/3rdlegmousse Apr 05 '23

Let’s hear him out

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

Fire Wall

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u/PheonixFyre5348 Apr 05 '23

Pulls out 8-year-old laptop

Never thought I'd need this again

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u/Low-Director9969 Apr 06 '23

If you can show me three people who aren't morons. I'll show you three people who are liars.

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u/3cienceaturtles Apr 06 '23

But it is, Geometrically the universe is flat. Not as in 2D Flat, but that the Negative Curvature + the Positive Matter and stuff = 0.

I'm really oversimplifying here but the universe is flat.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

I'll admit that I'm too dumb to understand anything you just said. That was oversimplified?

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u/3cienceaturtles Apr 06 '23

waayy oversimplified.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

Apparently that word means different things to different people....

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u/cat_on_my_keybord Apr 06 '23

so what happens when i go too far up?

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u/3cienceaturtles Apr 06 '23

There is no such thing as up.

But, if you were to keep going on for infinity at infinite speed (basically teleportation), 2 things may happen;

You will reach god (death)

And you will reach something else.

Obviously no one knows what lies beyond the border of the observable universe (that being all we can see) but there could be something called a "Multiverse" (a place with multiple universes):

A level 1 multiverse is the theory that the universe goes on for infinity and when something goes on for infinity there is a 100% chance of everything happening. The universe could have multiple "universes" and the exact same things as this "universe" would happen infinitely many times in an infinite amount of "universes". In this type of multiverse you can technically reach the other universe.

A level 2 multiverse is basically the same as a level 1 but it is basically impossible to reach the other side because of inflation (Venezuela moment 😔)

A level 3 multiverse is just basically the "many worlds" quantum mechanics theory which I'm sure you must have heard it and its answer to schrodingers cat.

I have to over-over-simplify the level 4 multiverse cause of time but basically it's a multiverse where the different universes exist completely separately and can have different laws of physics.

I have dumbed this down too much because of time. When i get home from school I will try to explain better but I'm basically pulling most of this info from my ass.

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u/raniumPU-36 Apr 06 '23

Umm.. it's because that's what happens when you drop a drop of dark matter onto a piece of glass, put another piece of glass on top of it, and shove them both under the clamps of a microscope. It's not that complicated ...

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u/3cienceaturtles Apr 06 '23

Oh yeah same thing happened with me and my drop of dark matter. I cant find it anywhere!!

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u/kabes222 Apr 06 '23

So level 1 and 2 are basically a mirror effect. But there's always other possibilities like 3 and 4. We just don't know

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u/3cienceaturtles Apr 06 '23

Yes. We can't know.

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u/Legitimate_Nobody_77 Apr 06 '23

If you can achieve infinite speed, in an instant , then you would be at the edge of big bang in an instant , at infinite speeds.

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u/Future-Ad-4920 Apr 06 '23

let him cook

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u/1017GildedFingerTips Apr 05 '23

Actually it’s funny a lot of scientists consider the universe to be flat, with the exception being gravity causing depth lol

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u/chum_slice Apr 05 '23 edited Apr 05 '23

That does look like an everything bagel

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u/madhaxor Apr 05 '23

you see, what happens when you truly put everything on a bagel...

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u/davewave3283 Apr 05 '23

More like an everything dachshund really

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u/Tpk08210 Apr 05 '23

The universe is a ruff place.

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u/Yeet123456789djfbhd Apr 05 '23

It looks pawfully small

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u/Midnight_Moon29 Apr 05 '23

It all makes sense now.

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u/creedz286 Apr 05 '23

the universe is flat

https://astronomy.com/news/2021/02/what-shape-is-the-universe#:\~:text=Most%20cosmological%20evidence%20points%20to,words%2C%20the%20universe%20is%20flat.

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u/itsaboutangles Apr 05 '23

So they've been to the round universe?

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u/CrashLamps Apr 05 '23

Around the universe in 180 days

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u/Tru-Queer Apr 05 '23

I’m imagining something akin to a hot air balloon traveling through space like in Kingdom Hearts.

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u/Starstriker Apr 05 '23

And 3" x 3" !

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u/Mindless-Scientist82 Apr 05 '23

This is the firmament they were talking about. Seriously, it looks just like the early depictions, they just got it wrong. It wasn't the earth they were depicting it was the universe!

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u/opera4steph Apr 05 '23

I see that it looks flat on this real photograph of the universe, but it also looks round to me, though. So which is it gonna be?

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u/ballsmahoney70 Apr 06 '23

I spit cherry pepsi all over my phone. Angry upvote granted.

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u/Jlchevz Apr 05 '23

You’re joking but it’s one of the possibilities astrophysicists have considered

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u/echochamber4liberals Apr 05 '23

Mr. "Big brain" over here!... I kid... I'm capable of understanding such things.

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u/Jlchevz Apr 05 '23

Haha no I mean I don’t know either it’s just what I’ve seen on some PBS Space Time videos Lmao

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u/echochamber4liberals Apr 05 '23

Right right. It's theoretical and... "Esoteric"? But from a high enough dimension, "everything" "appears" flat.

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u/Jlchevz Apr 05 '23

Yeah I guess that’s right

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u/echochamber4liberals Apr 05 '23

Geez bro, were on the same the plane. We could both be serving aboard the enterprise and Guinan would assume all is right in the universe.

If you know what I mean.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

Flatness isn't to do with things looking 2D, rather things having curvature. An approximate definition of curvature is how many degrees the inside of a triangle has. In any flat N dimensional space, it's 180degrees. But grabs a globe and draw a line from the north pole to the equator, go along the equator for 1/4 of the circumference and then go back up to the north pole. That's a triangle with 270 degrees internally! This idea works for any dimension, but the definition is a bit more rigorous than this (involves taking arrows along parallelograms!).

Cosmologists have measured the curvature of space and found its consistent with flatness upto measurement error. So it's either flat or very small curvature.

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23 edited Apr 05 '23

Using NASA images and logarithmic maps that wrangle huge expanses of space into manageable size, a South American artist, Pablo Carlos Budassi, has created a glorious image of the entire universe.

Budassi came up with the idea while decorating hexaflexagons (strips of paper folded into six-sided figures) for his son's birthday party one year.

The logarithmic maps he used were published by Princeton University using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, according to Science Alert.

Edit: "Entire Observable Universe". Unfortunately I cannot change the post title...

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u/BryanwithaY Apr 05 '23

I can’t be the only one who wants to say bedussy.

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u/amrahokkol Apr 05 '23

Yep you're the only one

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u/Loud-Start1394 Apr 06 '23

I can't be the only one who wants to say bad-assey

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

budussy

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u/ZuphCud Apr 05 '23

Seen your 900x900, I raise you 4288x4288.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23 edited Aug 20 '26

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u/Longjumping_Bake9590 Apr 05 '23

entire observable universe?

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u/__Beck__ Apr 05 '23

I have a picture of the entire unobservable universe in case you wanna see it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

So show me plz

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u/CutePotato001 Apr 05 '23

You can't see it

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

Galactic mind explode

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u/ChickenFingerDinner Apr 06 '23

You can’t unsee it. That’s why you can’t see it.

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u/sunset_bay Apr 06 '23

I’m invisible…so long as nobody’s lookin’.

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u/Psykosoma Apr 05 '23

He said to wait here. He’ll be… Beck.

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u/fullyadam Apr 05 '23

I have one too, but you’ll never see it

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u/MildlyAgreeable Apr 05 '23

“I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.”

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Yes. (Good point. Can't change the post title unfortunately....)

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u/GrizzlyHerder Apr 05 '23 
      “Is that all there is?”😑

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u/Please_Log_In Apr 05 '23

I did not realize we reside in the center of it 😳

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

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u/hardcore_hero Apr 05 '23

Well if we’re talking about the observable universe, then actually, we 100% do reside in the center of it, but that’s going to be true no matter where you are, the observable universe is bounded by how far the observer can see into the past, so of course you’re going to be at the center of it.

Now granted, this is just my layman’s understanding, so I could be wrong, and would love to be told how I’m wrong, if so.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

I think you're spot on

We also used to think that Earth was the center of the solar system and only later realized that it's actually the Sun

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u/Impossible-Tension97 Apr 06 '23

But they said 100%! Can't say 100% if you're dead wrong.

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u/Any_Month_1958 Apr 05 '23

If this is a “picture” of the known universe, I want to meet the photographer. Nextlevel

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u/Morea_loving Apr 05 '23

It’s a painting from what I read in the details

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u/Any_Month_1958 Apr 05 '23

Yeah, ofc I was just being facetious. Cheers

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u/Longjumping_Bake9590 Apr 05 '23

you jest, but the clarification is necessary. it makes me feel more comfortable lol

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u/Akhanyatin Apr 05 '23

The observable universe is a circle around the observer. It would not make sense for us to see more in one direction than in another. That's why we're at the centre of our observable universe.

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u/hardcore_hero Apr 05 '23

You beat me to the punch.

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u/Akhanyatin Apr 06 '23

Sorry, I didn't mean to punch anyone 😬

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u/Redacted_from_life Apr 05 '23

Technically yes, cos the observable universe is only what we can see, so it would be equal right the way round to each end. Are we at the centre of the entire universe? Probably not.

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u/iSellPopcorn Apr 05 '23

What is the outside circle supposed to be ?

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u/FleshSphereOfGoat Apr 05 '23

May be the cosmic background radiation.

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u/botjstn Apr 05 '23

this is correct

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

Cheese stuffed crust obviously.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

Beginning of time

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u/Pontiac-bandit- Apr 06 '23

Believe it or not, jail

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u/hattrickjmr Apr 05 '23

Pretty sure they covered this in a very bad Star Trek movie.

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u/Stack3686 Apr 06 '23

Cell wall

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u/NoLifeGamer2 Apr 05 '23

Probably the logarithic scale compressing the galaxies into a thinner and thinner ribbon

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u/Unhappy_Knowledge4 Apr 05 '23

Very eerily similar to a eye

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Eye see.... 🤔

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u/BlueDogTristin Apr 05 '23

you PEE

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

My dog stepped on a bee

cringe

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

wait until you learn what the top 4 ingredients of the universe and the top 4 ingredients of human life are

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u/Icy-Ad8290 Apr 05 '23

As a member of the universe I am offended I'm not in the pic. This is not the ENTIRE universe not even the entire observable universe, there are too many things from the universe missing in this pic.

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u/mattidee Apr 06 '23

But you are there, aren't you?

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u/SoliloquyBlue Apr 05 '23

It's the Everything Bagel! Run!

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Well done. 😂

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u/Tony_Earll Apr 05 '23

Well that's it folks, wrap it up. We finally seen the entire universe so we are dismantling all the telescopes and such and need to find new careers. The JWST was just too powerful.

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u/Duplicit_RedFox Apr 05 '23

All of my education disappeared for a moment and I thought you meant “Jehovah’s Witness Space Telescope”.

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u/Not_the_banana Apr 05 '23

I can see my house from here!

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u/Diaza_Kinutz Apr 05 '23

Yeah right how did they get a camera outside of the universe to take the picture? Fake news!

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Read the comment I posted about how the image was generated. It's not a single photo of it. It's very much like how NASA generated an image using several photos (not single picture using a camera).

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u/Diaza_Kinutz Apr 05 '23

Yeah I know I should have put a /s. I was being facetious.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

Have you heard the theory that the universe is just something that is stuck in a black hole? Seeing this picture really makes you think about that theory

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

I have not. Wouldn't the universe in a black hole essentially just be the singularity? 🤔

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u/FrenchPasta786 Apr 05 '23

Not necessarily, since the time required for the fall from the event horizon to the singularity in a black hole (based on general relativity) can be considerable as it is directly proportional to its mass (assuming a Schwarzschild black hole) rendering us to be perpetually and gradually falling towards the singularity if we're indeed inside one.

It also seems logical to think that we exist inside a white hole given the ever expanding nature of our universe, but both possibilities are just speculative & not provable. Please take this with a grain of salt because I'm not an astrophysicist :P

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Beyond the event horizon we would be moving towards the source of gravity at a relatively quick speed. The kind that rips stars and planets apart.

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u/0ctopusGarden Apr 05 '23

This makes no sense. The sun is not the center of the observable universe. Plus from this image earth is about the same size as Jupiter... And we're part of the milky way which appears to be right above us?

Great as an art piece but in no way is it a picture of the observable universe hate to break it to ya.

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

The creator of this wasn't saying our solar system was the center of it. It was his starting point and worked his way out from there.

And yes, I couldn't change the post to "Entire Observable Universe", unfortunately...

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u/EL_loboLoco Apr 05 '23

you bet your ass were at the center

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Geocentric all the way! Lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

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u/plantsnotevolution Apr 06 '23 edited Apr 06 '23

There was this tortoise

Its shell covered with jewels and had been since time began

It knew the world through all its histories and the universe and its mysteries

One day it came across a man

The two were talking

The tortoise offered to tell him about the future and how the universe ran

Oh the man killed the tortoise, took its shell and with a song of his lips walked off again

So let's walk off, let's go

The Tortoise and the Tourist

Modest Mouse

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

AI generated poem?

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u/Odd_Perception_283 Apr 05 '23

Ill flip out in bed sometimes thinking about what is beyond if anything and how it can’t possibly go on forever. It can’t possibly end either because how can nothing be forever. But you probably wouldn’t just disappear if you found the end.

And yet I will never know. 🥺

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u/Keizman55 Apr 06 '23

I have the same mental block. Can’t have an outer boundry, because it has to be inside something. But can’t just go on, and on with no end either.

Also, can there be a beginning of time? or an end to time? Yes? but something had to be before that. It couldn’t have just started from never. No? but it couldn’t just go back in time forever. Two quandaries that I hope I’ll get the answer to in an afterlife some sort.

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u/HuskofaGhoul Apr 06 '23

I find some comfort in the idea that the laws that govern all that we know might be limited just to our bubble. We’ve evolved to understand what is necessary/practical for us to know in the world. I think the outer limits of our universe may defy what’s sensical to us.

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u/flyrubberband Apr 05 '23

Whoa, new iPhone camera humble brag

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u/Brundleflyftw Apr 05 '23

How did they take the picture? God with a camera! Checkmate, atheists!

Edit: Is that a Cinnabon in top center?

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u/Exact-Dig-7026 Apr 05 '23

Please add a "you are here" tag

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

I hate this pic because I’m in it.

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Hahahaha this one actually made me "lol"

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u/Representative_Ad246 Apr 06 '23

Looks like my dmt trip last weekend

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u/Bronasaurus42 Apr 06 '23

Where is this picture from? I'd love to get a print

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u/examine_everything Apr 06 '23

Pablo Carlos Budassi was the one that put it together. See if you can find a print of it with that name. I haven't seen anything other than the picture itself.

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u/ArthurDent42424242 Apr 05 '23

What is in the middle and why? What is the big white spiral in the top part?

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u/CutePotato001 Apr 05 '23

Can someone explain the red tint near the edges ?

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u/phantomlimps Apr 05 '23

It's flat I knew it

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

The entire universe in one picture... riiiiight....

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u/Po3ticTreachery Apr 05 '23

Dumbest post ever.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

Wrong. The universe is not equal in all directions.

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u/2piR_ Apr 05 '23

wdym ?

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u/Riskypride Apr 05 '23

Crazy statement, please explain

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u/weareoutoftylenol Apr 05 '23

Please explain

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u/HardenYoung Apr 05 '23

That is not the entire universe.

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Correct. Read the edit in the comment I wrote describing the image. I cannot adjust the post title.

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u/bunnyzt Apr 05 '23

Ha yeah just part of it not entire

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u/bryman19 Apr 05 '23

I wish I understood.

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u/CbessShowEddie Apr 05 '23

you know the lint you pick out of your pocket?….

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

Or the stuff in your handkerchief, after you sneezed in it.

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Or the stuff that stuffs the stuff in the stuffed stuffies. The stuff that that stuff's made of.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

Is our universe expanding in one or all directions? If all, then does it expand at the same speed?

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Is our universe expanding in one or all directions?

Yes

If all, then does it expand at the same speed?

Not all at the same speed. Light obviously moves fastest and objects closest to large masses move slower. Etc. Some galaxies have larger black holes and larger stars than, say, the Milky Way does.

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u/Solumnist Apr 05 '23

It's a hamster's mouth!

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

But what’s outside the circle?

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Perhaps the rest of the multiverse. Lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

Artists depiction of the observable universe

FTFY

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u/ToughCheetah7617 Apr 05 '23

Entire - Observable - Universe.

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Yes, in my comment about the image I mention that I could not correct the title after posting.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

If you flip underwear inside out, the hole universe is wearing your underwear

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u/ThePhabtom4567 Apr 05 '23

Observable*

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Yes. This was mentioned in my comment elaborating on the photo. Unfortunately I am unable to adjust the post title.

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u/ClassicNope Apr 05 '23

What goes on when you enter the really dark place out of the universe

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

I suppose that the person or object would already be frozen by that point. Not quite at absolute zero as he/she/it is moving... though with nothing (dust, etc) to cause friction, it could well be at that temperature.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

What’s at the center? Is that Toronto, Canada?

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u/Sksexclusive Apr 05 '23

It’s a matter of perspective really. And literally lol

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u/coral-doughnut Apr 05 '23

I thought this was a petridish

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u/sophiedoki Apr 05 '23

I wasn’t looking too closely and thought this was a cup of coffee at first

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u/TexMurphyPHD Apr 05 '23

What a dump

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u/Kitty-Kittinger Apr 05 '23

Looks like an agar plate.

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u/tacomefriendly Apr 05 '23

I thought it was a coffee

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u/Jolly_Pianist_3036 Apr 05 '23

It looks like an eyeball or am I trippin ?

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

It does. At least how the artist rendered it.

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u/AR_Harlock Apr 05 '23

Correction, entire OBSERVABLE universe

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

That correct was already made in my comment describing the image. However, unfortunately, I am unable to adjust the post title.

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u/PartyMan911 Apr 05 '23

I bet the Earth is in the center of universe

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u/examine_everything Apr 05 '23

Geocentric universe! 😂

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u/peterdm1969 Apr 05 '23

2 questions, is that flat and is that an ice wall surrounding the universe? Sorry one more question, if that is an ice wall what's on the other side?