Comments on: The End of Everything http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/ Space and astronomy news Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:17:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Goofy http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-5/#comment-60336 Goofy Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:46:47 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-60336 People, Please!... People, Please!…

]]> By: Michael http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-5/#comment-58766 Michael Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:43:48 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-58766 Spencer, that's an incredibly ignorant thing to say about science. I really can't be bothered to explain the history of astrophysics to you, but if you go back and read your text books you will learn how we CAN determine the properties of far away objects without ever visiting them. Spencer, that's an incredibly ignorant thing to say about science. I really can't be bothered to explain the history of astrophysics to you, but if you go back and read your text books you will learn how we CAN determine the properties of far away objects without ever visiting them.

]]> By: Spencer http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-5/#comment-57526 Spencer Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:41:32 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-57526 I just got into astronomy and cosmology about a year ago. And I don't claim to think I have any answers. But I do read as much as I can and have an unquenchable thirst and passion for knowledge for everything related. And the one thing I've come to realize after reading just about every article out there over the past year is that nobody really knows anything. Sure, we can use science and technology to better help us gain a somewhat fundamental understanding of "how" things work or "why" they happen. But everything we think we know is based of physics that we seem to feel the need to fit things into. When things don't fit, it seems we almost amend what we "think" we're seeing so it DOES fit into our theories. Bottomline is until we get an HD video camera mounted to a space vehicle of some sort and can gain actual, verifiable video proof of things, most of this stuff is simply theory. That is not my attempt to condemn the findings that we've gained over time. It is just that if there is one thing that is definitely true, it's that the phenomenon we see from different things in our universe is so outrageous, it really defies explanation. I attended a lecture the other night on gamma ray bursts. And what blue my mind was this analogy or example. Imagine standing on the moon and a nuclear device, the size of the one dropped on Hiroshima being detonated on Earth. You may, with binoculars or some type of visual aid actually see the very minute explosion and then, even without a visual aide, would see the smoke plume. But you'd barely see them. And that is from standing on the moon. Yet these gamma bursts we're detecting far off in space, actually, at the other end of our visible universe, we can see quite well. These explosions however are so far away (hundreds of trillions of miles). Yet, we can still see there massive explosions. So, the point being, if standing on the moon we can barely see a nuclear explosion detonated on Earth (and a nuclear detonation is by far the biggest explosion human kind has ever seen or created). Yet these gamma bursts, which are coming from a distance trillions of times further than what we'd be seeing on Earth FROM the moon, are seen quite well. Does anyone realize how large these explosions must be to see them THAT well from THAT distance. It truly is beyond human comprehension. I mean, a trillion nuclear bombs going off at once Earth PALES in comparison to the size of these explosions. That shit is just fascinating to me. What can produce something like that? How can that exist? I just got into astronomy and cosmology about a year ago. And I don't claim to think I have any answers. But I do read as much as I can and have an unquenchable thirst and passion for knowledge for everything related. And the one thing I've come to realize after reading just about every article out there over the past year is that nobody really knows anything. Sure, we can use science and technology to better help us gain a somewhat fundamental understanding of "how" things work or "why" they happen. But everything we think we know is based of physics that we seem to feel the need to fit things into. When things don't fit, it seems we almost amend what we "think" we're seeing so it DOES fit into our theories. Bottomline is until we get an HD video camera mounted to a space vehicle of some sort and can gain actual, verifiable video proof of things, most of this stuff is simply theory. That is not my attempt to condemn the findings that we've gained over time. It is just that if there is one thing that is definitely true, it's that the phenomenon we see from different things in our universe is so outrageous, it really defies explanation. I attended a lecture the other night on gamma ray bursts. And what blue my mind was this analogy or example. Imagine standing on the moon and a nuclear device, the size of the one dropped on Hiroshima being detonated on Earth. You may, with binoculars or some type of visual aid actually see the very minute explosion and then, even without a visual aide, would see the smoke plume. But you'd barely see them. And that is from standing on the moon. Yet these gamma bursts we're detecting far off in space, actually, at the other end of our visible universe, we can see quite well. These explosions however are so far away (hundreds of trillions of miles). Yet, we can still see there massive explosions. So, the point being, if standing on the moon we can barely see a nuclear explosion detonated on Earth (and a nuclear detonation is by far the biggest explosion human kind has ever seen or created). Yet these gamma bursts, which are coming from a distance trillions of times further than what we'd be seeing on Earth FROM the moon, are seen quite well. Does anyone realize how large these explosions must be to see them THAT well from THAT distance. It truly is beyond human comprehension. I mean, a trillion nuclear bombs going off at once Earth PALES in comparison to the size of these explosions. That shit is just fascinating to me. What can produce something like that? How can that exist?

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]]> By: Is it possible to predict the end of mankind? (not 2012) - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-5/#comment-53833 Is it possible to predict the end of mankind? (not 2012) - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:11:46 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-53833 [...] The End of Everything, by none other than Fraser himself. End of Stars - 100 trillion years from now The End of Regular Matter - 10^30 years Some theories of physics predict that protons are unstable over long periods of time. They just can't last. Any matter that wasn't consumed by a black hole will start to decay. The protons will turn into radiation, leaving a fine mist of electrons, positrons, neutrinos and radiation to spread out into space. Theorists anticipate that all protons in the Universe will decay over the course of 1030 years. [...]

[...] The End of Everything, by none other than Fraser himself. End of Stars – 100 trillion years from now The End of Regular Matter – 10^30 years Some theories of physics predict that protons are unstable over long periods of time. They just can't last. Any matter that wasn't consumed by a black hole will start to decay. The protons will turn into radiation, leaving a fine mist of electrons, positrons, neutrinos and radiation to spread out into space. Theorists anticipate that all protons in the Universe will decay over the course of 1030 years. [...]

]]> By: Is it possible to predict the end of mankind? (not 2012) - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-5/#comment-53765 Is it possible to predict the end of mankind? (not 2012) - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:34:24 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-53765 [...] The End of Everything, by none other than Frasier himself. End of Stars - 100 trillion years from now The End of Regular Matter - 10^30 years Some theories of physics predict that protons are unstable over long periods of time. They just can't last. Any matter that wasn't consumed by a black hole will start to decay. The protons will turn into radiation, leaving a fine mist of electrons, positrons, neutrinos and radiation to spread out into space. Theorists anticipate that all protons in the Universe will decay over the course of 1030 years. [...]

[...] The End of Everything, by none other than Frasier himself. End of Stars – 100 trillion years from now The End of Regular Matter – 10^30 years Some theories of physics predict that protons are unstable over long periods of time. They just can't last. Any matter that wasn't consumed by a black hole will start to decay. The protons will turn into radiation, leaving a fine mist of electrons, positrons, neutrinos and radiation to spread out into space. Theorists anticipate that all protons in the Universe will decay over the course of 1030 years. [...]

]]> By: abigbangtheory http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-5/#comment-48384 abigbangtheory Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:40:54 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-48384 we have no idea we have no idea

]]> By: Brynnan Robbins http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-5/#comment-48308 Brynnan Robbins Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:24:15 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-48308 Yes, it is very informative and great to marvel upon. However, there is one thing that I noticed. The Big Rip is missing. Of course, the Big Rip is only predicted to happen, it is not backed by 100% solid evidence, but in the next 50 billion to 1 trillion years the universe will be expanding too fast for space-time fabric to withstand which will cause all the atoms of every thing with mass to rip apart. Yes, it is very informative and great to marvel upon. However, there is one thing that I noticed. The Big Rip is missing. Of course, the Big Rip is only predicted to happen, it is not backed by 100% solid evidence, but in the next 50 billion to 1 trillion years the universe will be expanding too fast for space-time fabric to withstand which will cause all the atoms of every thing with mass to rip apart.

]]> By: Amulya http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-5/#comment-46456 Amulya Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:21:13 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-46456 This website as an exellent iomformation about earth and other stuff related to it. I really like this website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This website as an exellent iomformation about earth and other stuff related to it. I really like this website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: S.Danin http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-5/#comment-38921 S.Danin Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:23:15 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-38921 First i want to say - sorry for my possible bad english :) See, the simple fact is that - our physics and our theorys are still limitted to the edge of our understanding. There is a point beyond wich the physitions cant explain it, and yet there is still a lot to learn no quantom scale. Maybe at this point of time our simple sience predicts the end of All, but maybe in a decade or some it will all be turned around. Dont forget that we still havent reached the Zero point - there is still a long way for humanity to go until it reaches ist fate. First i want to say – sorry for my possible bad english :)

See, the simple fact is that – our physics and our theorys are still limitted to the edge of our understanding. There is a point beyond wich the physitions cant explain it, and yet there is still a lot to learn no quantom scale.
Maybe at this point of time our simple sience predicts the end of All, but maybe in a decade or some it will all be turned around.
Dont forget that we still havent reached the Zero point – there is still a long way for humanity to go until it reaches ist fate.

]]> By: Isaias http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-37793 Isaias Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:15:37 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-37793 billions of years is a very long time what if we manage to creat particles that don't interact with particles in this universe and and create a new universe with it after we some how convert the particles that our bodies are made of into the new particles. billions of years is a very long time what if we manage to creat particles that don't interact with particles in this universe and and create a new universe with it after we some how convert the particles that our bodies are made of into the new particles.

]]> By: Firedauz http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-36627 Firedauz Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:18:28 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-36627 Everything ends when Chuck Norris's roundhouse-kick hits the Falcon Punch. Everything ends when Chuck Norris's roundhouse-kick hits the Falcon Punch.

]]> By: Freddie Vitus http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-35280 Freddie Vitus Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:48:51 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-35280 Frasier Cain? Wasn't he on "Cheers"? Oh, that was Frazier Crane. Honest mistake. Frasier Cain? Wasn't he on "Cheers"? Oh, that was Frazier Crane. Honest mistake.

]]> By: dark matter, dark energy and now… « weird things http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-35124 dark matter, dark energy and now… « weird things Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:17:02 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-35124 [...] than powerful enough to exert influence on everything else and if they do, could this alter the prediction that the universe will just fall to pieces and slowly die off? If there are things out there able to interact with the matter we know, couldn’t they have a [...]

[...] than powerful enough to exert influence on everything else and if they do, could this alter the prediction that the universe will just fall to pieces and slowly die off? If there are things out there able to interact with the matter we know, couldn't they have a [...]

]]> By: joshua http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-33011 joshua Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:26:33 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-33011 this seems relly requierd info thanks this seems relly requierd info thanks

]]> By: Michael http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-32091 Michael Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:05:34 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-32091 A very interesting article. What if at the end of all of this, the whole cycle started again?. A new big bang, it's amazing to think. What if we are not the first, and wont be the last. A cycle of life and death for everything that exists, the Universe. Imagine for a moment the possibility that there were other Universes before this one. That there were previous Big Bangs, previous civilisations that existed quadrillions of years ago. Perhaps we are only one civilisation inside a chain of trillions upon trillions upon trillions, a blink of an eye in comparison. Nature seems to suggest that things happen in cycles, I don't see why this is different. The truth is, that human civilisation lacks the capacity to even begin to understand the true intricacies and complexities of our Universe. I don't think that we will ever discover our true origins. I believe that if we were meant to know, we would. We obviously don't know, and my guess is that we weren't supposed to. A very interesting article. What if at the end of all of this, the whole cycle started again?. A new big bang, it's amazing to think. What if we are not the first, and wont be the last. A cycle of life and death for everything that exists, the Universe. Imagine for a moment the possibility that there were other Universes before this one. That there were previous Big Bangs, previous civilisations that existed quadrillions of years ago. Perhaps we are only one civilisation inside a chain of trillions upon trillions upon trillions, a blink of an eye in comparison. Nature seems to suggest that things happen in cycles, I don't see why this is different.
The truth is, that human civilisation lacks the capacity to even begin to understand the true intricacies and complexities of our Universe. I don't think that we will ever discover our true origins. I believe that if we were meant to know, we would. We obviously don't know, and my guess is that we weren't supposed to.

]]> By: Selena http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-31578 Selena Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:08:47 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-31578 this is all bullshit you are scaring people into suicide mode and is not good.. you should just stop this immediately and stop freaking people out this is all bullshit you are scaring people into suicide mode and is not good.. you should just stop this immediately and stop freaking people out

]]> By: Matthew http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-31199 Matthew Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:46:34 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-31199 Infinity must be rethought. The common idea of infinity is that it is endless. No thing is endless, only nothingness is endless. Also, nothingness is an eventuality like death is an eventuality. Whole universes die, every thing that is, dies; structures die. However, reality will never die, because it is both nothing and something at the same time. There are some things in it, but waiting behind the notes of the song is a silence, it is an eventuality. I tend to believe that reality is cyclic, like seasons of eventfullness vs timeless emptiness. Those times of evenfulness are like flowers, like life itself, and thus is supremely sacred because it is unique in all of reality! Infinity must be rethought. The common idea of infinity is that it is endless. No thing is endless, only nothingness is endless. Also, nothingness is an eventuality like death is an eventuality. Whole universes die, every thing that is, dies; structures die. However, reality will never die, because it is both nothing and something at the same time. There are some things in it, but waiting behind the notes of the song is a silence, it is an eventuality. I tend to believe that reality is cyclic, like seasons of eventfullness vs timeless emptiness. Those times of evenfulness are like flowers, like life itself, and thus is supremely sacred because it is unique in all of reality!

]]> By: Nohemi http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-26112 Nohemi Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:34:37 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-26112 This article was really nice to read it really gave me a strong perspective of the world and how we live it and stuff, I think this is nice for me since im just 13. :) This article was really nice to read it really gave me a strong perspective of the world and how we live it and stuff, I think this is nice for me since im just 13.
:)

]]> By: JFK’s Air Guitar, Red Giants, and the End of Everything | Rocketboom http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-25915 JFK’s Air Guitar, Red Giants, and the End of Everything | Rocketboom Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:09:53 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-25915 [...] Air Guitar fetches $5000 on Ebay, The End of Everything, Phoenix to Land on Mars, The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law, via Space.com, [...]

[...] Air Guitar fetches $5000 on Ebay, The End of Everything, Phoenix to Land on Mars, The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law, via Space.com, [...]

]]> By: darrin kenneally http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-25333 darrin kenneally Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:42:56 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-25333 i agree with tom w.if you read the whole article then it must have been interesting.Cain did his job.haters go away i agree with tom w.if you read the whole article then it must have been interesting.Cain did his job.haters go away

]]> By: chaz metty http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-24978 chaz metty Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:11:26 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-24978 bummer bummer

]]> By: Tom W http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-24479 Tom W Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:26:20 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-24479 Dear Mister Richard, That was harsh. Fraiser Cain, it is almost incomprehensible that one day there will be nothing while now we have so much, your article however is very informative and has helped me greatly with my school work. To the haters, If you dont want to read about this kind of stuff, what are you doing sucking the bandwidth from others that do want to read it, there is no law against free speech, and even less laws against posting it on the internet, unfortunately there are also no laws against being wankers, seriously just go sit in the corner and wait for your judgment day. Dear Mister Richard,
That was harsh.

Fraiser Cain,
it is almost incomprehensible that one day there will be nothing while now we have so much, your article however is very informative and has helped me greatly with my school work.

To the haters,
If you dont want to read about this kind of stuff, what are you doing sucking the bandwidth from others that do want to read it, there is no law against free speech, and even less laws against posting it on the internet, unfortunately there are also no laws against being wankers, seriously just go sit in the corner and wait for your judgment day.

]]> By: Graham Richard http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-24466 Graham Richard Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:24:45 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-24466 Hi-five, Pommy. That's nerd-core. Hi-five, Pommy. That's nerd-core.

]]> By: Graham Richard http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/comment-page-4/#comment-24465 Graham Richard Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:19:05 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25/the-end-of-everything/#comment-24465 Jeff Lloyde; Your ignorant drivel is exemplary of the wanton grammatical depravity that runs rampant in the English language. Your speech is as a hideous plague, a desecration of our beautiful language. Your comment is a disgrace to the satire of this article and to the legacy of our tongue! Flee from your dereliction, away from any implements of the written word, never again to obscure the corners of the internet with your incomprehensible cyber-babble! Go wallow in self-despise and bask in the vehement isolation of my scorn! A curse upon the linguistically irreverent! May you forever wear not but the most tasteless of neck-ties and may you stutter your way through every one-liner! Tenderly, Graham Richard. Jeff Lloyde;

Your ignorant drivel is exemplary of the wanton grammatical depravity that runs rampant in the English language. Your speech is as a hideous plague, a desecration of our beautiful language. Your comment is a disgrace to the satire of this article and to the legacy of our tongue! Flee from your dereliction, away from any implements of the written word, never again to obscure the corners of the internet with your incomprehensible cyber-babble!

Go wallow in self-despise and bask in the vehement isolation of my scorn!

A curse upon the linguistically irreverent! May you forever wear not but the most tasteless of neck-ties and may you stutter your way through every one-liner!

Tenderly,
Graham Richard.

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