To be scared shirtless of Space...

[Sweets101]

And even more so by the fact we are in it? And there's really no getting away from that.

[Lemontwist]

Scared in a 'I'm so terrified my top fell off' kind of way?

[WorraLiberty]

I hope you're wearing a thermal underneath?

[Kuriusoranj]

Yup. Gives me a headache and makes me breathless. I try not to think about it. Luckily it's not like I'll ever accidentally end up there so I avoid it most of the time. It's generally harder to eeal with my fear of wasps.

[Della1]

Yes me too! I can't think about it without getting freaked out so you're not alone. I tend to not think about it! Probably more common than you think

[angelikacpickles]

Freaks me out too.

[Sweets101]

I wish I was worra I really do.
Truth is I have no curtains at the moment so shitless or shirtless I can still see the stars of dooooom.
When did they stop being something to wish upon and become a beacon of destruction? Bloody Hawkins with all his wisdom.

[dimdommilpot]

Me too. I always get a bit panicky. I am fascinated by it but it terrifies me to think about it.

[ShowMePotatoSalad]

YANBU. I used to lie awake at night wondering if the big bang created the universe, what was there before, and what is the universe "sitting in" now? You can't just make a whole universe out of nothing. So if there was something before the universe there must be something outside of the universe now, and then something outside of that, and outside of that.

[Haggisfish]

Haha! Totally. Cool but terrifying. I teach about it and we always take a moment to ponder the vastness...

[ShelaghTurner]

Funny, have just shared a video on Facebook that popped up which showed the sheer mind boggling hugeness of space and the insignificant tininess of earth and us. I can't get my head round it.

[Sweets101]

But Kuri you are in it. It's not out there, you're in it! You can't escape.
Have you ever Googled the images of Earth taken from further out in space? If you haven't and are also freaked out by this, then don't!

[Losgunna]

Not alone at all. Sometimes I think of.how fast the earth is moving through the solar system/galaxy/universe and it makes me feel quite nauseous too.

And then there's the matter of the supermassive black hole. I try not to think of that too often...

[ShowMePotatoSalad]

There's a YT video which shows the scale of the planets followed by various stars...each one vastly more massive than the previous one. Turns out our sun is minuscule in comparison to some of them.

[Wookiecookies]

Wth? 😂

Sorry op, but space is just what the planet needs to exist in the first place. If it wasnt there, we would all be in somewhat of a pickle. I vote to keep space.

[mortificado]

Freaks me out too! And I worry that gravity "might fail"
Am I the only one??

[Losgunna]

Has anyone seen the video that goes from quantum strings to the observable universe?

had to go and have a joint after that one

[ShowMePotatoSalad]

Losgunna I've just done exactly that. The pic of the earth and the moon from Cassini...wow, that is spectacular.

[Losgunna]

It is! As Douglas Adams said: 'space is big. Really mind bogglingly big...'

[mortificado]

Showmepotatosalad I just googled that too! And am quite but at the same time, just thinking of those "stars we are looking at, could be others looking at us!"

[DaintySong]

[Sweets101]

The one that's eating the Milky Way Los ?
Did anyone see the programme on travelling supernova/black holes. I've forgotten the details as it was too horrific

[MegBusset]

Losgunna do you have a link to that video?

[mortificado]

I'm not going to be able to stop thinking about this all night!!!
Can I just ask....? Is there something/someone else out there? And do you think the "government" are hiding it from us?!

[Sweets101]

wookie I want to keep it too. I just don't want to be in it.

[Wookiecookies]

Personally, I kind of like that we are so tiny and irrelevant and that our earthly dramas so frivolous in the grand scale of the universe. It keeps me grounded (providing gravity doesnt fail obviously mortificado 😂)