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**SHpuntik** · 12-01-2007, 12:16 AM

it doesn't seem mathmatically logical that we would be alone.

On that note, I want to link up this images just incase someone hasn't seen it yet. I recently read a figure that said there are around 100 billion stars in our galaxy, and there are around 100 billion galaxys out there. I don't know about the legitamacy of these claims, but even if the real numbers are a fraction of those, it is still a HUGE number. With that, I present the single most important picture ever taken. The Hubble telescope was pointed at a "dark" portion of the sky for 12 days. A portion of the sky that had no light, and this is what was captured.

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Every point of light in that image is a galaxy, wether it is "large" or only a single pixel. It is safe to assume that each one of those galaxys contains billions of stars. To be honest with you, it is a bit hard for me to comprehend, and it definetly makes me feel small, and insignificant.

12-01-2007, 12:16 AM	#3
SHpuntik Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 608 Senior Member	it doesn't seem mathmatically logical that we would be alone. On that note, I want to link up this images just incase someone hasn't seen it yet. I recently read a figure that said there are around 100 billion stars in our galaxy, and there are around 100 billion galaxys out there. I don't know about the legitamacy of these claims, but even if the real numbers are a fraction of those, it is still a HUGE number. With that, I present the single most important picture ever taken. The Hubble telescope was pointed at a "dark" portion of the sky for 12 days. A portion of the sky that had no light, and this is what was captured. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field Every point of light in that image is a galaxy, wether it is "large" or only a single pixel. It is safe to assume that each one of those galaxys contains billions of stars. To be honest with you, it is a bit hard for me to comprehend, and it definetly makes me feel small, and insignificant.
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