Millenium Simulation Max-Planck-Institut , now if you have never truly realized just

[HysteryDiagnosis]

how small and insignificant we are.... this will do it a billion trillion times over. I can watch this and whatever may be bothering me in the here and now just doesn't seem all that important. This brings awe to a new level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9yQOb94yl0&feature=fvsr

[mdmc]

1. that was awesome

very nice find

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Another MUST see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEQouX5U0fc&feature=related

[mdmc]

4. thanks for these links

:)

[atomic-fly]

2. youtube always buffers out on me

really want to watch this...try again later

[mzteris]

5. loved the piano, too.

Galactic distances are sometimes given in units of Mpc/h

A distance of one million parsecs (approximately 3,262,000 light-years) is commonly denoted by the megaparsec (Mpc). Astronomers typically measure the distances between neighbouring galaxies and galaxy clusters in megaparsecs.

One gigaparsec (Gpc) is one billion parsecs—one of the largest distance measures commonly used. One gigaparsec is about 3.262 billion light-years, or roughly one fourteenth of the distance to the horizon of the observable universe (dictated by the cosmic background radiation). Astronomers typically use gigaparsecs to measure large-scale structures such as the size of, and distance to, the CfA2 Great Wall; the distances between galaxy clusters; and the distance to quasars.