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gtar100

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4. It's quite an amazing notion that the universe as it is now, everywhere,

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri Nov 16, 2012, 04:52 AM

Nov 2012

is currently impossible for us to see. We only get a glimpse of time passed so, so long ago. So much is going on now, it's alive in all directions. A single lifetime is so insufficient to explore all the questions our minds can conceive. But just maybe the force and power of the universe that brings into existence self-awareness wants to know just as badly as any one individual does. After all, where did this yearning for love, knowledge, adventure, happiness, and justice come from in the first place? No religion or mythology on earth truly answers that in full.

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First map produced of universe 11 billion years ago [View all] n2doc Nov 2012 OP

I have trouble with maps. lalalu Nov 2012 #1

silly me. I read it wrong and got my numbers mixed up - Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2012 #2

It'll be tough getting any pre-inflation maps sakabatou Nov 2012 #3

It's quite an amazing notion that the universe as it is now, everywhere, gtar100 Nov 2012 #4