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Ring of Honor [23174]
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Makes insignificant seem massive...Black Hole Eviction
Nov 24, 2019, 7:26 PM
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Nothing I've ever read has emphasized how simply overwhelming the universe is. That a star is hurled through the galaxy at over 3 million mph (less than one-half of one percent the speed of light), on a journey of 5 million years to date...and will take another 100 million years before simply exiting the Milky Way is incomprehensibly staggering. And to know there are billions of stars within just our galaxy...and an estimated 2 TRILLION galaxies totaling more stars than all the grains of sand on this planet can't be fathomed.
Just a Sunday night 'wonder moment'. Back to regularly scheduled boredom...oops...programming!
https://scitechdaily.com/milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-flings-star-away-at-6000000-km-h/ Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Flings Star Away at 6,000,000 km/h An international study has discovered a star traveling at more than six million km/h through the Milky Way after being flung from the center of our galaxy by a supermassive black hole. The eviction occurred about five million years ago, around the time when our ancestors were just learning to wal
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All-TigerNet [5643]
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Re: Makes insignificant seem massive...Black Hole Eviction
Nov 24, 2019, 7:38 PM
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Space is just too big and weird to comprehend. It’s cool, but even the smartest people alive don’t really understand what is going on out there. That’s why I stick to football.
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Ring of Honor [23174]
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Presumably, you aren't lumping the
Nov 24, 2019, 7:40 PM
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CFP Committee into the 'smartest people alive' group! 
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All-In [27366]
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Yet the creater of it all still
Nov 24, 2019, 7:49 PM
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knows you.
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All-Conference [437]
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Re: Makes insignificant seem massive...Black Hole Eviction
Nov 24, 2019, 7:50 PM
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To me the most mind boggling fact I have ever heard was a scientist that estimated there are 100 stars in the universe per grain of sand on the earth's surface. Wrap your head around that one.... 
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Ring of Honor [23174]
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It's estimated 100 billion people have inhabited the earth
Nov 24, 2019, 8:13 PM
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And the Milky Way approximately 150 billion to, perhaps, 250 billion stars. So, there's a star in the galaxy for every soul who ever walked the planet....and for thousands of years to come...not that I'm optimistic of mankind lasting that long! Bottle that!
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Clemson Sports Icon [59438]
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Rival Killer [2610]
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um, walking did not evolve
Nov 24, 2019, 8:35 PM
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who taught you this stuff?
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Paw Master [17269]
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Man is a funny animal.....
Nov 24, 2019, 8:48 PM
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State these facts, and men are amazed......put a "wet paint" sign on something and they have to touch it..
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Top TigerNet [30135]
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i saw an equally mind blowing article about time
Nov 24, 2019, 8:53 PM
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Basically if the dinosaurs reached
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Top TigerNet [30135]
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Type II civilization and went to other planets
Nov 24, 2019, 8:56 PM
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And had technology beyond our own there’s not actually anyway we could tell because of how many hundreds of millions of years ago it was.
Whatever is on this planet in 100 million years will have no idea the extent of our civilization.
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Dynasty Maker [3415]
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Uh....
Nov 24, 2019, 8:54 PM
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Go Tigers, anyway?
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TigerNet Champion [121280]
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Re: Makes insignificant seem massive...Black Hole Eviction
Nov 24, 2019, 9:15 PM
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pffft science. every body knows that crap is made up to scare children.
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Heisman Winner [80653]
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Clemson basketball is on at 10:30 but that might
Nov 24, 2019, 9:35 PM
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be hurdling toward a Black Hole as well. And will end after a lot of folks bed time.
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Ultimate Tiger [34820]
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Re: Makes insignificant seem massive...Black Hole Eviction
Nov 24, 2019, 10:20 PM
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CU Medallion [18213]
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And yet the average person thinks the universe
Nov 24, 2019, 10:35 PM
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REVOLVES around him/her.
I value humility. And it's very rare.
Clemson seems to attract more than it's fair share thereof.
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Legend [6783]
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Re: Makes insignificant seem massive...Black Hole Eviction
Nov 24, 2019, 11:20 PM
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All I know is my pants don’t fit very loose any more. I’m expanding faster than the universe.
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