The Universe Like You Have Never Seen It Before... Really!

Would you like to see what the Universe actually looks like? Would you like to know how the universe began? Would you like to know how it came into existence?

Now you can! (I've linked the video below)

Within the last year, scientists have brought us to the point where we have a very clear picture of what this universe looks like... and you can see it!

As we receive images from the Hubble and other space telescopes we are seeing the universe as it was billions of years ago and with this information scientists are able to put together a rendered, computerized model, based on photos of this very universe, as if we are seeing it from outside (if such a place existed. We can even "glimpse" dark matter for the first time in the history of the world. Well, we can't really see it because it doesn't respond to light but we know its patterns and structure.

Today, (as in right this minute as you read this), we are discovering more about this place in which we find ourselves.

Did you know there are an estimated 100 billion galaxies in our universe? That is a large number, difficult to conceptualize so it may help to realize that this number is about equivalent to the number of grains of sand on the Earth. In other words there is a galaxy for every grain of sand on the planet.

And each of these 100 billion galaxies has about 100 billion stars.

In other words, there are about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars in our universe.

The number is incomprehensible.

And, of all those stars there are many, perhaps most that have solar systems with planets circling around them. Who knows how many planets are out there? What sort of other life forms might exist?

So, if you want to see the very latest images and models of the universe, I invite you to watch a fabulous video of a brief presentation by astrophysicist, cosmologist, and Nobel Prize winner George Smoot, shared by TED Talks* and Serious Play.

It is truly stunning.

See the Universe as you have never seen it before.... Click here!

*If you are not familiar with TED talks (Technology, Entertainment, Design), now may be a good time to check it out. Each year a the TED conference, TED gathers invited speakers from around the world to share their latest research, designs, and creativity with the world. The twenty minute talks are video taped and placed on the TED talks website for all of us to see. This is a fabulous way to keep abreast of all the latest information bubbling into existence the world over.