Not a question, so much as Kudos for being able to process/handle the sheer vastness of space
it's fuckin COOL like yeah sure zhe scale is absolutely incomprehensible but, like.
ok gonna get a little philosophical (and use ths for a bit)
so i know a common response to me talking about space is something along the lines of "oh how do you deal with the feeling of insignificance from looking up into the sky all the time?" which i think this ask is obliquely referencing, and it's something i really like talking about!
the honest answer is that i don't deal with those feelings, because i don't feel insignificant
part of that is my ego but i promise it's not just that
jokes aside, the fact that we can make maps on the scales of filament and void, that we have theoretical methods of measuring those distances and equipment capable of making the necessary measurements... the fact that I'm an active participant in this field? it's something really fucking special
even outside of the field, like. when you look up, and you see all those points of light that have been burning for billions of years... you are the universe comprehending itself. the little neurons inside your brain, firing in response to light getting focused on your retinas from GOD KNOWS HOW FAR AWAY is something so incredibly special and every instance of it should be cherished.
the universe exists, and we exist within it as a part of the great machine. there's inherent value in sentience in a place like this.
I've been asked this a lot too, and I really never had to deal with it. yes, the universe may be incomprehensibly large compared to us, but that doesn't make us any less significant. if the large scale structure of the cosmos doesn't care about us, then why should we care about it unless we want to? I see birds every day and that's awesome, which is something the laniakea supercluster can never experience.
I find astronomy beautiful as an act of giving meaning to something that has normally no bearing on us. it's something I find joy in, not despair
I take comfort in that insignificance. Why spend energy being a dick? Look how vast and amazing the universe is and chill tf out.