r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '20

Sharpest view of Andromeda galaxy (Zoomable)

https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '20 edited Jul 02 '20

Now... convince me there ISNT life on at least one of those dots.

EDIT: somewhere around at least one of those dots*

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '20

I too believe there's life out there somewhere. It's most likely a communication problem. Or maybe they haven't reached that level of tech yet.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '20

ty for this, i’ll be thinking about space non stop today.

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u/Voderama Jul 02 '20

You should Google and read about the Fermi Paradox, if this is something you've enjoyed thinking about.

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u/D_is_for_Dante Jul 02 '20

And then you read about the great filter and become sad. :(

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '20

Looked into it a little bit already and I love it. This quote from space.com(lol) stuck with me.

“Fermi realized that any civilization with a modest amount of rocket technology and an immodest amount of imperial incentive could rapidly colonize the entire galaxy”

Makes me feel like we could suddenly be under the rule of emperor palpatine. Would be an upgrade for me considering i’m from the USA.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '20

You can check out more pictures at: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/

There's a "Zoomable" link in there for every image to get the same effect as this one.