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08-10-2024, 08:32 PM
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241...e-universe
This is very interesting, quite a long read but worthwhile.
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How big?
Those opening moments in Sagan's 'Contact' movie explain it rather well. This huge planet of ours is merely a mote in the eye of our god...
We are smaller than dust.
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king1, thanks for letting me know.
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