Prepare to have your mind blown with these 27 astonishing facts that will make you question everything you know about existence! From mind-bending scientific discoveries to mind-expanding philosophical insights, this video dives deep into the mysteries of life, the universe, and everything in between. Discover surprising truths about our place in the cosmos, the nature of reality, and the profound intricacies of human consciousness. Whether you're a curious thinker or a passionate seeker of knowledge, these thought-provoking facts are sure to leave you pondering the very essence of existence.
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00:00This is Earth.
00:05This is where you live, and this is where you live in your neighborhood, the solar system.
00:16Here's the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
00:20Doesn't look too far, does it? Think again. At their farthest points, the Earth and the Moon are
00:26252,088 miles away. Inside that distance, you could fit every planet in our entire solar system.
00:33But let's talk about planets. The great red spot on Jupiter, that's about two times as big as Earth.
00:40And Saturn is about nine times wider than Earth.
00:44Saturn's rings are so large that a few of the fragments within them are as large as mountains.
00:50But that's nothing compared to our Sun. Just remember, this is Earth.
00:55And this is Earth from the Moon. This is Earth from Mars.
01:00Here's Earth from just behind Saturn's rings. And here's Earth from just beyond Neptune, four billion miles away.
01:08But a billion's a big number, so let's put that in perspective.
01:11One million seconds equals about eleven and a half days, whereas one billion seconds equals over 31 years.
01:20Let's step back a bit.
01:21Here's the size of Earth compared with the size of our Sun. Terrifying, right?
01:28And here's that exact same Sun from the surface of Mars.
01:34As Carl Sagan once mused,
01:36The total number of stars in the universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
01:44And there are some stars out there that are much, much bigger than our little, wimpy Sun.
01:51The biggest star we know of, VY Canis Majoris, is about 2,000 times the diameter of our Sun.
01:59But none of those compares to the size of a galaxy.
02:05In fact, if you shrink the size of our solar system down to the size of a quarter, and shrink the Milky Way galaxy down using the same scale,
02:12the diameter of the Milky Way will be roughly the size of the United States.
02:16That's because the Milky Way galaxy is huge.
02:22Its diameter is about 100,000 light years wide, which, when converted to miles, is about 621 quadrillion,
02:29371 trillion, 192 billion, 237 million, 333,890 miles.
02:38Inside of all of that, is you.
02:41You live in this tiny, tiny portion of the Milky Way.
02:46But even still, our galaxy is a little runt compared with some others.
02:52NGC 6744, a spiral galaxy similar to our own, is twice as wide as the Milky Way, stretching over 200,000 light years across.
03:02It is massive.
03:04But let's think bigger.
03:06In this picture alone, taken by the Hubble Telescope, there are thousands and thousands of galaxies,
03:11each containing millions or billions of stars with their own planets.
03:17Some of the objects seen here may have formed as many as 11 billion years ago, just 3 billion years after the Big Bang.
03:26This period of time is considered one of the busiest star-forming periods.
03:34And just keep this in mind, that's a picture of a galaxy that's been in orbit for more than 50 million years.
03:42Any other galaxy that's been around for more than 50 million years is a galaxy that's been in orbit for more than a hundred million years.
03:49And just keep this in mind, that's a picture of a very small, small part of the universe.
04:01So if you're ever feeling upset about your favorite show being cancelled, or the fact
04:04that they play Christmas music way too early, just remember, this is your home, Earth.