r/interestingasfuck • u/Virtual_Information3 • 1d ago

The Universe Is So Beautiful

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u/takesalicking 1d ago

I was expecting 7 of 9 to look a bit different.

I'll see myself out, TY.

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u/throwawaybyefelicia 1d ago

I lol’d though

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u/takesalicking 1d ago

Glad someone caught the reference. (God, I'm old)

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u/throwawaybyefelicia 20h ago

Old or not, your comment made me want to rewatch the series so I might just do that! 😁

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u/DrUnit42 1d ago

Illogical

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u/ApocalypseYay 1d ago

The Universe Is So Beautiful

True.

The numinous beauty is humbling and profound.

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u/the_bueg 1d ago

Why "numinous"?

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u/Resident-Leather7837 1d ago

Hate to crush your dream like mine once was, but those colours aren't actually what's visible to us... Some of the colours show UV-rays and gamma-rays which aren't visible to the human eye.

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u/FRleo_85 1d ago

yes but, your honor... cool galaxy picture!

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u/Resident-Leather7837 1d ago

I must tell people of this great lie

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u/Common-Concentrate-2 1d ago

What's really important is..did this galaxy have a limited slip differential, and positraction?

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u/Semarin 1d ago

What is the galaxy name in the second picture?

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u/Virtual_Information3 1d ago

NGC 1097

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u/harry-asklap 1d ago

No it isn't. I think the second one isnt real

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u/Virtual_Information3 1d ago

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/30/monster-galaxy-forms-stars-faster-than-milky-way/1142302002/ My mistake it’s called Aztec cosmo 1

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u/harry-asklap 1d ago

It literally says illustration in the video.

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u/Virtual_Information3 1d ago

Dude it clearly says rendered in the site. No one has claimed it’s not

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u/harry-asklap 1d ago

Then why put it together with real galaxies?

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u/Virtual_Information3 1d ago

it’s a render of a real galaxy

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u/harry-asklap 1d ago

E.T. is a render of a real Alien

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u/Virtual_Information3 1d ago

dude move on

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u/zoroddesign 1d ago edited 1d ago

A google search does not bring up the same galaxy. it brings up a barred spiral galaxy.

it is actually a monster galaxy named COSMOS-AzTEC-1' This is also just an artistic interpretation of what this galaxy looks like.

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u/Hexquevara 1d ago

It has to be. Its everything that exists.

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u/jppope 1d ago

I seemed to remember they augment the photos with extra color, am I making that up or is it true?

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u/speedyblackman 1d ago

its true, different colours are used to highlight different sections in the light spectrum

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u/CreditorOP 1d ago

Absolutely, it’s incredible how vast and breathtaking the universe is. It’s like the more you learn about it, the more awe-inspiring it becomes.

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u/SimpleLadyLover69 1d ago

Life is truly art

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u/selemenesmilesuponme 1d ago

It's more like art (these pictures) is truly art.

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u/Resident-Egg-5536 1d ago

Mesmerizing!

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u/PatriotsPrincess1 1d ago

wow i love it, it truly looks mesmerizing..

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u/undiscovered_soul 1d ago

I'm speechless!

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u/shuriken_dz77 1d ago

Imagine all this universe and how large it is, so many planets... 8 billion people on earth only, and you still single

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u/EmergencyPath248 1d ago

Single is a choice, it’s something easily controllable.

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u/Pilot0350 1d ago

Is the second photo real or rendered? Anyone got a NASA link?

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u/harry-asklap 1d ago

That's a render

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u/Virtual_Information3 1d ago

NGC 1097

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u/Pilot0350 1d ago

So it's a render and not the galaxy you suggested

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u/Virtual_Information3 1d ago

Actually it called cosmo aztec 1 - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/30/monster-galaxy-forms-stars-faster-than-milky-way/1142302002/

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u/Pilot0350 1d ago

So an artists render but still a real galaxy. How neat is that! I wonder what crazy physics had to take place to get two smaller gravitational centers to orbit one large one like that. Wild.

Edit: this article shows what it actually looks like

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u/Poentje_wierie 1d ago

A never ending oblivion, it makes life meaningless yet meaningful

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u/TrippyMustache 1d ago

And so are you

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u/zoroddesign 1d ago

DUUDE! That Triple spiral galaxy is awesome!

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u/davewave3283 1d ago

Galaxthree was right there…

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u/andreacro 1d ago

Lest not forget - its also extremely deadly. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Zealousideal_Pipe_21 1d ago

The cosmic reef and Butterfly nebula on hubblesite.org are my faves

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u/Rare-Somewhere22 1d ago

The photos they get out in space is awesome. And to think there's so much unknown out there too.

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u/sleepwalking-panda 1d ago

And violent.

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u/ensignWcrusher 1d ago

Eh, It's ok I guess. I just imagined it'd be bigger.

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u/arkam_uzumaki 1d ago

Beauty in the vastness of space.

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u/luttman23 1d ago

as part of the universe, thanks for the compliment

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u/Fickle-Molasses-903 1d ago

I always imagine there is a planet that mirrors earth. It's not impossible considering the vast planets out there. It's mind-boggling.

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u/Mercurius_Hatter 1d ago

Every time I see those images, I'm awestruck, and how insignificant we humanity really are.

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u/TimmyTurner2006 1d ago

I can’t wait to see it all

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u/Jayn_Newell 1d ago

It sure is pulls up image of the Finger of God

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u/Legally_a_Tool 1d ago

Where’s the other 99.99999999% of the Universe!

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u/wtfautobahn 1d ago

4/9 kinda look like nipples :D

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u/Awkward-Gazelle-5071 1d ago

From what I hear a mist of these photos are digitally colored and are actually black and white. This is done to increase the public’s enthusiasm for space exploration

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u/Capital_Advice4769 1d ago

And absolutely TERRIFYING

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u/DrUnit42 1d ago

Thanks for the new phone wallpapers!

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u/Salty_Elephant_1214 1d ago

is this what you would see if you were floating around out in space at the right distance, or is the image somehow enhanced?

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u/Virtual_Information3 1d ago

most of them are rendered/enhanced because these pics are taken of galaxies far far away

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u/Illustrious_Plate674 1d ago

"We are stardust."

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

These are fake. ( edited)

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u/Rustic-Cuss 1d ago

Only no. 2 is “fake”; it’s Astro art, not an actual photograph. The rest are real.

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u/DahnBearn 1d ago

Wow those are cool computer modeling data interpretations!

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u/Free_Cartoonist_8333 1d ago

I can see the beauty of myself in these pictures. The universe is truly a work of art. I would love to meet the artist

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u/CartoonistExisting30 1d ago

These are some of the most beautiful pictures I’ve seen.

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u/gardyjuland 1d ago

No it's not.

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u/That-Swan-7464 1d ago

Expedition 14 in 2018

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u/Empty-Stick24 1d ago

I don't think this is actually how it looks. These are illustrations.

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u/Slammer3000 1d ago

Why is it like that

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u/RainaElf 1d ago

what?

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u/Slammer3000 1d ago

The angle it sits at

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u/RainaElf 1d ago

which one?

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u/Slammer3000 1d ago

The first three

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u/RainaElf 1d ago

do you think everything in the universe is lineup all nice and straight?

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u/Slammer3000 1d ago

No I just want to know why the angle is so high

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u/pants_mcgee 1d ago

Galaxies?

Gravity and the conservation of angular momentum.

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u/Horus_simplex 1d ago

It's in your head - the measure and judgment of beauty, not inherent to the objects you're seeing. So it's more correct to say that based on your human appreciation, you find it beautiful (at the reasonable distance we are from those objects).

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u/throwawaybyefelicia 1d ago

Never seen anything like image 2 before, what is that called? It looks amazing.

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u/Alone_Capital7619 1d ago

Space doesn't exist, nice try pal.