The universe is a big place, but I think you knew that. You know what the estimate is for the total number atoms in the ENTIRE universe is?
It's 10
82 now that's a lot... but it just doesn't 'seem' big enough to me. I would expect the number to look more like this: 10
9999999999999999999999999 Or more.
Distances... the furthest objects in the universe that we're aware of are estimated to be 14 billion light years away. Not that's a VERY strange number... because it goes BOTH ways.. the 'number' itself doesn't seem big enough to me... BUT.. if you start calculating just how far that is it becomes so enormous that one cannot comprehend it.
I was watching a youtube not long that dealt with the size of the universe... one of those that used the example of 'if the sun was the size of a penny then X would be this far a way'.... it was amazing.... but the funny thing is when they came to big finale example, meant to "wow" you, it didn't work for me. The guy doing the show was standing in front of a big church in England and for his big 'wow' moment he said "if the biggest galaxy is this big then it would take this entire church to hold the universe"... then he paused, just "knowing" that we, the viewers, had fallen over backwards in awe... but I didn't fall over...
Instead, I thought... no, it would take a lot more churches than just that one. Opposite reaction than the guy wanted me to have.
Yup, number lose me after a while. - JamesJM
