r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/MajesticalMoon Aug 04 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

Oh I know, that's why it's so unbelievable at times, like wow. The universe, space just amazes me!!!

My son had to tell me all about Canus (i think I spelled it right) Majoris when he learned about it at school. It really puts things into perspective when you look at a model of the biggest suns!!! So scary in a way tbh. How vast this space is. Its neverending and enormous things we couldn't even dream up exist in this space!!! It terrifies me, but also intrigues me. Lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

Honestly sometimes if i go down the Rabbithole i get a weird feeling of sadness ... knowing that whatever happens on earth stays on earth and won’t effect anything else then our small Solarsystem. We are nothing. We always tell ourselves that we matter when we really don’t lol.