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What Is The Most Astounding Fact About The Universe?
Forbes/Science ^
| 8 Apr, 2016
| Ethan Siegel
Posted on 04/11/2016 6:26:44 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Most elements heavier than iron are formed from exploding stars.
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:27:47 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
What Is The Most Astounding Fact About The Universe?
That I am in it!!! : )
To: MtnClimber
What Is The Most Astounding Fact About The Universe?
That some people actually want Hillary to be President. How is that even possible?
To: MtnClimber
The problem with the “anthropomorphic principle” is: while it seems staggering everything is the way it is, there are a staggering number of other staggering ways it isn’t.
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:30:52 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
To: MtnClimber
That I happen to be the very center of it. Yes.
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:31:24 PM PDT
by
Fester Chugabrew
(Diversity is Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sharing the same jail cell.)
To: MtnClimber
The Anthropic Principle is strong in that guy. Astounding, it is not. The most amazing to me is the immense number of galaxies as shown in Wide Field surveys from the Hubble.
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:32:31 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: MtnClimber
Amazing? The SIZE. All that we see needs a really big space to fit in, which in turn means its age is likewise staggering.
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:32:38 PM PDT
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ctdonath2
("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
To: MtnClimber
Obama got elected........twice.
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:33:46 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:33:48 PM PDT
by
infool7
(The ugly truth is just a big lie.)
To: ctdonath2
The problem with the anthropomorphic principle is: while it seems staggering everything is the way it is, there are a staggering number of other staggering ways it isnt. And yet, for all that, it's still anthropomorphic.
Never.The.Less.
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:34:02 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: ctdonath2
Both its size and age are beyond human comprehension.
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:34:58 PM PDT
by
Arlis
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:35:07 PM PDT
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: MtnClimber
That this person WASN'T kidding:
To: minnesota_bound
That’s amusing, not astounding....
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:37:01 PM PDT
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:38:59 PM PDT
by
Ray76
(Judge Roy Moore for Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
To: softwarecreator
What Is The Most Astounding Fact About The Universe?
That some people actually want Hillary to be President. How is that even possible? That may be the most Disgusting Fact About the Universe!
To: MtnClimber
The concept that we are made of Stardust was the entire basis for Carl Sagan’s COSMOS series.
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:44:19 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Vendome
That’s the name of a band.
To: MtnClimber
The one thing I can’t wrap my mind around is this: If you travel at the speed of light and go from one end of the universe to the other, no time would have passed despite the fact that light has a measured speed.
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posted on
04/11/2016 6:44:46 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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