Problems With Space Junk

Right now, there is literally tons of trash floating around in Space in our orbit.  Isn't that enlightening?  The fact that there is even trash up there to begin with, just goes to show how uncareful mankind can be.  With this problems, rises numerous amount of questions and issues.

One of these questions, is how do we get rid of all that garbage?  One suggestion, is to send a giant Magnet up into orbit, that will float around and collect the trash.  Great, another object floating up in Space, just what we need right?  Well, this is actually a great idea, if they go about it the right way.  There is always that IF, isn't there?  What is the right way to go about it?  Well, of course, everyone has their different opinions and points of views on it.

One point of view, is that we could always collect it, then send it off towards the Sun.  Seriously?  Yep, sounds logical if you think about it.  Some people say, well, it'll never make it there.  You're right, it won't make it there, in fact, I don't know if you noticed or not, but the Sun, is burning our skin when we stay out too long, even from that distance.  Imagine the closer it gets to the Sun, it'll vaporize before it gets there.

So, would argue that that's a bad thing, I ask, why?  Why is that a bad thing?  What harm is there in disintegrating garbage into the sun?  Some would argue, that our trash isn't supposed to be in Space.  I say, isn't that what Stars and Black Holes are?  Debris cleaners?  They get rid of the trash that's already out there don't they?  It's a natural waste disposal unit.  Built right into our own Solar System, as well as the numerous amount of others.

We can't simply keep hording the trash here can we?  Oh wait, there is another option.  We could recycle.  Now those same people that argue against sending trash into space, are going to argue that this is too much work?  Sorting cans and plastic into recycle bins?  Too much work?  Did you know that about 70 percent of our trash is recyclable?  Yet, at the same time, only about half of that, actually gets recycled?  Less than half actually.  So, if we recycled more, how much land would that free up?  How much better for the planet would that be as a whole?  Think about that one for a while.

This Tiny World in a Massive Universe

The world as we know it is very small.  Sure, it may appear large to many people living here, but compare it to the rest of the Universe.  Did you know that you could fit 1300 Earths inside the planet Jupiter?  Jupiter is in fact the largest planet in our solar system.  But wait, there is a bigger planet than Jupiter.

In 2006, another planet was discovered in a far away Solar System in the constellation of Hercules.  It's actually 1.7 times bigger than Jupiter.  Impressive right?  How on Earth can a planet even amass that amount of size?  That's actually 70% larger than Jupiter.

As if that wasn't enough, Scientist believe they may have actually found a Ninth planet in out solar system.  This planet, currently dubbed Tyche, is in the outer reaches of the Ort Cloud that is in our own Solar system.  If the data is correct, this planet would dwarf even Jupiter.  Tyche, is said to be 4 times larger than Jupiter itself.  Still think this is a big planet you're on?  Ok, guess I need to do some more convencing.

It's estimated that there are about 2500 stars visible at any given time.  On top of that, 5800 - 8000 is the total number of visible stars.  If that's not impressive, Science estimates that there are about 200 billion - 400 billion total stars in out very own Milky Way Galaxy.  Continue?  Okay.

Recent studies have found that about 30 percent of stars actually have planets.  A lot more than the previous 7 percent.  This increases our odds of finding Earth Like planets.  Some solar systems may even contain multiple Earth Like planets.

The Hubble Space Telescope took a picture one day.  NASA, decided to zoom in on a spot out in space.   They held it there for ten days, letting the light come to them.  The end result?  An image that capture the light from almost 3000 Galaxies.  That's right.  Almost 3000.  In one little tiny spot in the sky.  So, what does this equal out to in ratio number?  How about a whopping 1/28,000,000.  For those of you that still have your minds spinning, that's about 1 out of 28 million spots in the sky to choose from.  Now, take that previous number of 3000 and multiply that by 28 million and you have a huge number.  On top of that, that's not catching every inch of space.  There are sections in between that would be missed.  Not to mention the sections beyond that.

Let's put that in retrospective.  If you took that 28 million and multiplied that by 3000, you'd come up with a grand total of 84 billion Galaxies.  That are in our current Universe.  Which means, if we took that 84 billion Galaxies and multiplied that by an average of 300 billion stars.  For those of you who want me to continue with the math, that's 25.2 sextillion stars.  In case you don't know what that is, it goes a little something like this, million, billion, trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion.  That's a lot of stars.  And 30 percent of those, have planets?  That 30 percent equals out to about 7.56 sextillion stars that have planets.  And people think we are alone in the Universe.  Haha, good luck with that one.

Now, let me ask you a question.  If there is life on this planet.  Out of those unknown proportions of planets, what makes us think that there isn't life on other planets?  Some people refuse to acknowledge the possibility, but the evidence is over whelming.  To deny the fact that there might actually be life on other planets, is just stupid.  Plain stupid.  No other word to describe it.  Now, do you still feel that Earth is a big planet?

Extent of Human Radio Broadcast

Have you ever wondered how far out into space, we're actually reaching?  Well, truth be known, it's not that far really.  Only about 200 light years, give or take of course.  This photo depicts the area in our Milky Way galaxy, that we are broadcasting radio waves out into space.  That blue dot, is us.  Keep in mind, that our solar system, is just a small dot in this vast Milky Way.  On top of that, there are tons and tons of other Galaxies out there.  The numbers are endless, really.  If this doesn't make you feel small and insignificant, then I don't know what will.