Mythology and Theories of the Universe discussion

Well as you know we have a moon, but how did it get there. The two theories right now are something big(asteroid) got caught in earts gravitational pull. The second theory is that Earth was hit by an asteroid and a chunk of the earth fell off and got caught in the gravitational pull. So you guys decide.

So according to scientest that Uranus was hit by an asteroid that tipped it on its side. But what kind of asteroid could be so big that it could tip a planet on its side. You guys decide

This brings me to another point. Venus spins in a counter-clockwise direction. Well scientest say that again Venus was hit by something to flip it over so it will spin like that. But again I say what could it have been that was so big and so strong to flip the planet? You guys decide

What you want us to decide everything?? jk.

Well, the theory about the moon being made by an asteroid (a very big on) or many smaller ones, seems true.

Well, for Uranus maybe it was a small planet that did it or a planet sized asteroid. You know there are some very large asteroids. And the samething could be said about Venus.

That could be the moon! The asteroid could be strong enough to tilt it, but IDK, that would take TONS of force, aimed at the PERFECT spot... It could work, I guess. As for the earth, I think its an asteroid. I think the organic materials of earth would show up in the Moons soil like it does in ours if we were from the same rock.

Yah, but I think it was a combnation of parts of the Earth (knocked of from or asteroids) and some middle sized asteroids. They all cumped togeter to form the moon because of all powerful gavaity.

The earth would be a LOT bigger if it was all that matter. And I don't think that such a thing could occur. To get stuff to form together, and meld, you would already need a force of gravity to pull stuff in. So that means that something was already there to begin with (maybe a smaller astroid) to suck everything into it and get a coat of other stuff.

Well, stars are made from nubuals (sp?) which are gas clouds and something inside cumps together the gases to form stars. The stars (like the sun) pick up drifting rocks and stuff which make up planets. And it just so happened that our planet was the 3rd from the sun. But there are a lot of things in the universe that are unknown and probably will never be known. I guess that's were the god you believe in comes in.

All I believe in is karma. Which really isn't a god. But I believe that everything happens for a reason and everything is based on science (known or not). But I might be wrong, I might not. Who really knows? No one can prove it. No one not ever.

No, Nebulas aren't what make up stars. They are a type of stars. We (all planets and stars) are made from atoms that exploded (literaly) from the small amount of mass that we were once combined as. The particles mixed in a complex process, and those that could began Atomic Fusion. This is where the gravity crunches atoms down untill they fuse together, and then they make an atome heavy enough to be burned to make light. These made stars.

And Naomi, as for us being perfectly positioned, it's not US being perfectly positioned. We were not placed on a planet by a higher being. We evolved on this planet BECAUSE of its location. You see, we could not have grown on mercury because it is WAY too hot, nor could we have lived on Venus for the temperature is too cold. Life is possible on this planet because of its temperature. That is why we have life on our planet on not on others.

Oh, and don't forget the fact that the planet has water.

Yeah. We got all of the good stuff from OUR neck of the woods, but there is a definite amount of other planets that could too. For us to be the ONLY life in space is impossible! If we took earth, and showed the entire universe, you wouldn't even be able to find earth! It would be too small.

Hey don’t forget the moon’s work in all this...
Asteroids hurt really bad...

Yah. That's why I think that there is live besides us. But the fact that the universe is so big, we might not ever see any. Well, aleast not in my life time. Wait a second. I could happen.

I don't think so. You would have to have enough people to colonize or meet new people on another life. It already takes MANY years (too lazy to look it up) to reach Mars (one of the closest planets). Just getting the younger people on would be hard enough. If you went any farther out than Mars, you would have to have people breeding on the ship, training on the ship, and dying on the ship from age. And by the time anyone discovered anything, the Earth could be long gone. And that's not even mentioning FOOD! It doen't grow on Space-Trees in case you were wondering... And I don't think McDonalds has Drive-Thru in the Orion Belt... Or the Asteroid Belt. Or any belt...

about the food GROW it, on the "ship", and who says new tec cant go near light speed, near not at, but that would mess with time, the people on the ship would have thought allmost no time had passed but outstid the nearlight speed "ship" time would go on as norm so the people would not age but the outside world...

Yah! Just because we can't do it today, doesn't mean that we can't do it in the future.

Plus, it takes six months to get to Mars. Not years. Still that is too long to be in space. Our bone and musules will decay from lack of use. We need to have anti-gavity to go anywhere in space beside the moon and be able to walk on it.

No. Even if we moved at near the speed of light, people would still age. And that would still take years and years and years to get out of our solar system, and years more to get to a new place.

And, as for going faster to get there, if Einstein's theory was right (E= MCxMC) then if we were to go the speed of light, everything would become raw energy. If even ONE human were to become raw energy, then the entire earth, and a few surrounding planets, would be blown into dust. The Atomic Bomb, in comparison to the energy blow out, would not even be seen or heard, it would appear so small.

Now imagin doing that with a COLONY of people! We would all die!

And that's because Einsteins theory means: Energy= Mass at the Speed of light. That means that if we were to go to the speed of light, we would be the mass in the equation. That means that we would become the energy. No one has yet proved Einstein wrong, even after all of these years.

thats why it is NEAR!!! the speed of light

Yah, what he said! And if we go that fast we age the time it takes to get there. Not super age. And maybe Einstein is wrong. Who know's? And maybe there's a way around all of it. Who know's? Who know's? Godness that future is so unclear that the human race could do anything and be anything. Or we could end up killing us off because of the whole gobal warming thing or something else like war or plage. Who know's? Who know's?

Yeah. But if we went NEAR light-speed, we would still age normally. We would also get the Jet-Lag from Hell. Jeez, didn't even think about that....


And I agree with you Violet. I don't think we can ever tell. I just don't think that it is too possible for us to travel outside of our solar-system.

Yah, well science is catching up with science fiction every day. You never know what's going to happen.

if you are going near the speed of light the time around you is warped and you and the ship age slower real sci.

Yah,that's what I was saying!!!! Gosh!