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The vastness of the universe can account for a trillion civilizations, and at the same time make it impossible to interact.

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Indeed, though to be clear, this calculation refers to just our galaxy not the entire universe.

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I'm always amazed when I let myself think about the size of the universe. The galaxy is incomprehensibly big, and there are an incomprehensible number of galaxies in the universe.

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jim wrote:I'm always amazed when I let myself think about the size of the universe. The galaxy is incomprehensibly big, and there are an incomprehensible number of galaxies in the universe.

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I've been reading up on the great attractor the last couple days. It's really interesting.

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My 8 yo is obsessed with space. The other day, I was playing catch with him and working on his backspin. Later he says that Uranus is the baseball planet because it's the only one with backspin.

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The roar of Jupiter:


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Gashouse wrote:My 8 yo is obsessed with space. The other day, I was playing catch with him and working on his backspin. Later he says that Uranus is the baseball planet because it's the only one with backspin.
When you look at all of the silliness going on here on the mother ship, being interested in space makes more sense than ever. I'd feed that as much as I could.

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Oh, we actively encourage it. In fact, I'll be helping him write a letter to NASA soon related to his theories about dark matter. His theory doesn't make sense to me, but I want to encourage him.

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Gashouse wrote:Oh, we actively encourage it. In fact, I'll be helping him write a letter to NASA soon related to his theories about dark matter. His theory doesn't make sense to me, but I want to encourage him.
We study dark matter where I work. He should send his ideas here, we love hearing from kids. If you are interested PM me and I can give you an address.

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