The Universe is bigger than was thought.

[Jehanne]

Is anyone really surprised by this:

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive...s/2016/39/

Still incredible.

[vorlon13]

If they look far enough and deep enough, there has got to be some ylem out there.

[Whateverist]

Is anyone really surprised by this:

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive...s/2016/39/

Still incredible.

Frankly I"m not really surprised, just mildly interested.  Now if they ever find a way to detect the presence of something far, far beyond beyond the rest, that alters something we think we know about this universe .. would be kind of cool.  More single bang fall out .. meh.

[vorlon13]

Hubble (the astronomer, not the telescope) worked out the universe was expanding with galaxies spread over a (comparatively) tiny distance away from us compared to what his namesake telescope can detect.

I don't if any of the new (earth based) telescope proposals are designed to, let's say, equal the Hubble telescopes magnitude limit in a much shorter time than Hubble does and cover a much larger chunk of the sky while doing it, but clearly, the utility of such a telescope is evident.

[Jehanne]

Hubble (the astronomer, not the telescope) worked out the universe was expanding with galaxies spread over a (comparatively) tiny distance away from us compared to what his namesake telescope can detect.

I don't if any of the new (earth based) telescope proposals are designed to, let's say, equal the Hubble telescopes magnitude limit in a much shorter time than Hubble does and cover a much larger chunk of the sky while doing it, but clearly, the utility of such a telescope is evident.

There's the OWL telescope (now canceled, but still possible someday):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwhelmi..._Telescope

It's design is for a telescope that is 100 meters across.  I still have my 10.1-inch Odyssey Telescope (now defunct) that I bought in the early 80s:



It's incredible what one can see with this thing, from 43x up to 192x (in magnification).  I grew-up in a fundamentalist, evangelical Church and was often told that the "Universe was created with age", but when one looks it, of course, it is younger the farther out one goes!  And, of course, why "God" would be so meticulous in creating crater after crater on the Moon, some on top of each other while ignoring some other areas (maria) was enough for me, as a high school student, to abandon the whole monstrosity of Biblical inerrancy.

[Iroscato]

Soooo...a trillion galaxies, is what they're saying? Good fucking gawd.

[FatAndFaithless]

I'm just waiting for someone to complain about science and how it's always changing.

[Kingpin]

I'm not surprised one bit. It's incredible though

[Longhorn]

This makes me feel even shorter now

[Aegon]

Science annoys the crap out of me. Always changing. Make up your mind.