Phreedom wrote:oh trust me, there's quite a few nuts out there that think the earth is 5,000 (thousand) years old. quite a few more that think we're the only possible life. sad isn't it?Akimoto wrote:I dont know ne1 who thinks we r the only ones out here...Rugg wrote: P.S to think we're alone in the universe would be totally silly imhoagreed...
Rugg wrote:Now tht u mention it... some1 in my 6th grade history class said "How did the egyptians live 4000 years ago? Isnt the earth just 2000 years old?Phreedom wrote:oh trust me, there's quite a few nuts out there that think the earth is 5,000 (thousand) years old. quite a few more that think we're the only possible life. sad isn't it?Akimoto wrote: agreed...I dont know ne1 who thinks we r the only ones out here...
Phreedom wrote:Now that u mention that... sum1 thought that the solar system is the galaxy we live in. RoflwaffleRugg wrote:Now tht u mention it... some1 in my 6th grade history class said "How did the egyptians live 4000 years ago? Isnt the earth just 2000 years old?Phreedom wrote: I dont know ne1 who thinks we r the only ones out here...oh trust me, there's quite a few nuts out there that think the earth is 5,000 (thousand) years old. quite a few more that think we're the only possible life. sad isn't it?
Hawk wrote:.....It's not?Phreedom wrote:Now that u mention that... sum1 thought that the solar system is the galaxy we live in. RoflwaffleRugg wrote: oh trust me, there's quite a few nuts out there that think the earth is 5,000 (thousand) years old. quite a few more that think we're the only possible life. sad isn't it?Now tht u mention it... some1 in my 6th grade history class said "How did the egyptians live 4000 years ago? Isnt the earth just 2000 years old?
Hawk wrote:Now that u mention that... sum1 thought that the solar system is the galaxy we live in. RoflwaffleThat's actually a more common misconception than you think. I was once in a museum and this mother was showing her kids a picture of the Milky Way Galaxy and pointed to the center saying that it was our sun...and that Earth was one of the dots circling that sun...
I wanted very much to correct her for both her sake and that of her kids, but I didn't in the end...
And now a picture of the Milky Way and the location of where our sun is in it: (shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia)
I cant wait until Google Earth extends to Google Galaxy. That would be sweet to start out on our Galaxy far far away and be able to zoom in to street view outside my apt...one day..one day.
Also:
Rugg wrote:oh trust me, there's quite a few nuts out there that think the earth is 5,000 (thousand) years old. quite a few more that think we're the only possible life. sad isn't it?Here ya go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtzJhTfQ ... re=related
Always find this stuff amazing
you may need to open up teh picture to see our Sun is only one pixel big on the scale of other stars in our solar system
Google earth and Microsoft telescope allow you to browse around the stars a bit
Sadly where I live in the city it is not so easy to see the stars at night..
But When I do get the chance I do stare and wonder..
It really does open your mind!
Chantelle
Chantelle wrote:Our sun is so... kewt.
Always find this stuff amazing
you may need to open up teh picture to see our Sun is only one pixel big on the scale of other stars in our solar system
Google earth and Microsoft telescope allow you to browse around the stars a bit
Sadly where I live in the city it is not so easy to see the stars at night..
But When I do get the chance I do stare and wonder..
It really does open your mind!