How the Universe is Way Bigger Than You Think

The distances are so big as to unimaginable.

and the darn thing is getting bigger (redshifts in all directions) such that is true size can't really be known ("observable" vs non-observable because the light will never get here)

Makes some people think "WGAS" (who gives a sh*t), others like me are inspired by it. Still, hard NOT to get the feeling of 'insignificance" ... and thats right only IF physical scale was all that matters.

Quick vid below: what I see is everything is connected. the big and the small its all part of ONE thing, made outta the same stuff.

In a way, I am billions of years old .. atoms in all of us, including my six month old grandson, are that old. We just dont "get it' all yet .. but seems to me trying to "get it" is a cool pursuit. :)

 
Another intriguing thing I looked into lately was what will eventually happen when all matter in the universe succumbs to entropy. Everything will decay eventually and fall apart. The sun will turn into a red giant, swallowing the inner planets up. It will then go supernova and its remnants will become a white dwarf. It and all surrounding matter that makes up the remainder of our solar system will probably be swallowed by a black hole and reduced to minute particles. Those particles will eventually decay down to the atom level, and the atoms will eventually decay into their parts. In the end, the universe will be nothing but protons and a few remnant subatomic particles.

How many protons make up the average C-body?
 
Another intriguing thing I looked into lately was what will eventually happen when all matter in the universe succumbs to entropy. Everything will decay eventually and fall apart. The sun will turn into a red giant, swallowing the inner planets up. It will then go supernova and its remnants will become a white dwarf. It and all surrounding matter that makes up the remainder of our solar system will probably be swallowed by a black hole and reduced to minute particles. Those particles will eventually decay down to the atom level, and the atoms will eventually decay into their parts. In the end, the universe will be nothing but protons and a few remnant subatomic particles.

How many protons make up the average C-body?

And when enough protons collect to form a giant, dense, gas cloud another big bang will occur and the whole process will start over again.

Dave
 
And when enough protons collect to form a giant, dense, gas cloud another big bang will occur and the whole process will start over again.

You can only hope.
 
I thought C-bodies were made up of antiprotons. Green ones at that! :)
 
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