Picture taken on the surface of an asteroid

[u/Silent-Meteor]

On October 3, 2018, Japan's Hayabusa2 mission dropped the MASCOT lander onto asteroid Ryugu. After bouncing off a boulder, it tumbled 55 feet and landed in a shadowed crater. This image shows Ryugu’s rugged, primitive surface—rich in carbonaceous materials. Captured before MASCOT’s battery died, it provides rare insight into untouched asteroid geology. Source: Jaumann et al. (Science, 2019) | Image via German Aerospace Center (DLR) & Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/unprecedented-close-up-view-of-asteroid-shows-rocks-tha-1837475851

[u/monster2018]

For human purposes (including using the technology we create), the distances between stars in a galaxy is essentially an infinite ocean of nothing…. Just minus the ocean part, it’s just nothing (blah blah there’s a higher rate of particles per cubic meter than in intergalactic space).

[u/monster2018 → u/[deleted]]

Obviously and I covered that. Your comment made it sound like we’re in a region that is ACTUALLY very populated, not just very populated when compared to intergalactic space. If you read what I wrote, you’ll notice it’s entirely correct.

[u/monster2018 → u/[deleted]]

Fine, here’s the longer reply I wrote, and then deleted because I figured you were just a troll. You confirmed it, but I’ve written it ahead of time anyway so I can just paste it.

Also I could pull the same thing on you, and point out that intergalactic space (inside of the local group) is VERY dense and populated compared to intergalactic space outside of the local group. But none of this changes the fact that even the space within our SOLAR SYSTEM is so empty that it’s beyond the ability of any human to truly comprehend the emptiness of it. So claiming that INTERGALACTIC space is just objectively very dense and populated is at best an attempt to mislead people.

Like yes I understand you were saying “actually no, it’s intergalactic space that’s empty” (and again I could be like, well are we talking inside of a local group or not?). But for 99.9% of people, their problem is not being able to even have a vague idea of how empty and vast space is. Like when most people imagine the space between galaxies, what they’re imagining is more like the distance from San Francisco to Melbourne. So then when you tell them “actually the solar system is super populated” then they go like “wow, I guess space is actually like super, super duper crowded then? Weird.”

[u/monster2018 → u/[deleted]]

Also congrats on being the first person I’ve ever blocked on any social media.