Relative Sizes in the Universe

…or why we are SOOOOO insignificant

• Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky

• It is the bright reddish star in the constellation Scorpius

NOW TRY TO WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THIS.........

THIS IS A HUBBLE TELESCOPE ULTRA DEEP FIELD INFRARED VIEW OF COUNTLESS"ENTIRE" GALAXIES BILLIONS OF LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.

BELOW IS A CLOSE UP OF ONE OF THE DARKEST REGIONS OF THE PHOTO ABOVE.

• "Who are we?

• We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.“

• -Carl Sagan

Yeah, its like that!