At the very beginning it was 0 dimensional, as there was no space or time before the Big Bang. It was an infinite amount of energy compressed into an infinitely small point.

And it’s not like there was this little point of energy just sitting there waiting to explode. There was nothing, no space, no time, no matter, and no energy, and then in an instant, there was.

Thank you! Love these designs.

Curvature. We cannot see any in the observations we have and that places a lower bound on the size of a closed Universe, we would be able to detect curvature if it were smaller.

Meteorites tend to accumulate in desert areas as conditions tend to preserve the rocks.

-- from the article

Antarctica is a polar desert.

Nobody knows. Anyone who claims to know anything about what happened "before" the big bang are lying.

I think it's important to add "at least" before 160. We can only set a lower bound on the size.

At least 160 times bigger. Anything from 160x to infinity.

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One trick I learned the other day is that my local high school has a couple that can be checked out by anyone within the school district. I'm so glad they have this. I wish more places like libraries would do this too

If I ever finally work up the motivation to get more serious than my binoculars, I'm going to try out their 8" dob to see if I like it before buying.

Shooting it one more time should reset it back to its original size if GTA is to be believed.

first time a technical problem has scrubbed a SpaceX crew launch attempt (by Spaceflight Now)

No new record for launches in a month for SpaceX (December set the record at 7, January tied it, February has 5 so far).

Might I suggest they pick up a can of this classic Australian starter fluid?

Start Ya Bastard

I ask out of curiosity, but what evidence points to this 160x figure?

Nobody knows. Trying to know the past and something that is in a knowledge that can only be achieved by divinity itself is extremely arrogant. Only approaches are made.

Space for the point of energy to exist in didn't exist before that point in time... it may not be something we can readily conceive of but the answer is "not at all".

BBC Horizon has made some documentaries in which they try to represent dark matter and dark energy. It looks nice and they even show some shots of how they made those sequences. Sorry I'm too busy to look those docs up for you now.

From my limited understanding, a single point. Then exciting all at once.

If the Universe is infinitely big then the point it came from was infinite.

Current the best evidence is that the Universe is (edited at least) 160 times bigger than the observable Universe. But there is no reason to suggest it is not infinite.

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How did you retrieve the telescope after shooting at Jupiter

South isnt that bad! Ive been able to get alot of astrophotography in. Just look at my profile and IG.

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Weather tomorrow is a no go. Now targeting 3/2.

Antarctica is also not underwater like majority of earth, where I'm guessing majority of meteorites end up.

Terrance forming In Icy areas might create more of an atmosphere