SizeRelativity:

ThissectionbasicallywilljustbetoshowhowLargethingscangetintheuniverse,how
itcanholdunlimitedpotential.
LookingatthestarVYCanisMajoris,thinkaboutthis,ittakesabout1.3millionearthsto
fillupthevolumeofoursun.Now,thatsprettylarge,butcomparedtoVYCanisMajoris,
itsmerelyaspec.Itwouldtake9.3Billionsunstofitintothatgiganticstar,anddoingthe
math,wouldtake12.09QuadrillionEarthstofitintothatstar.
ThereistheLargestWaterReservoirthathasbeendiscoveredintheuniverse.Itisina
Quasar,whichisagiantcloudofgasthathasablackholeatthecenterthatsteadily
consumesthegascloudsarounditandthequasarspewsoutparticles.Scientists
namedit
APM08279+5255
.Thephotopairedwiththisisjustanartistsillustrationof
whatitmostlikelylookslikebutisnotcompletelyaccurate.Toputthatinaformof
physicalwaytolookatit,ifyouweretofillasmallshotglasswithwater,seethatasall
thewaterinalltheoceansonearth,inthatshotglass.Nowlookatthesizeofa
classroom,maybeabouthalfofthat,ifitwasfilledwithwater,thatdbehowmuchwater
isinthatQuasar.
Keepinmindaswell,1LightYear,thedistancearayoflightcantravelinayear,is
about5.879x10^12Miles,or5,879,000,000,000miles.Currentlythefastestspace
vehicle,Voyager1,hascovered1/600thofalightyearinabout30years.Andittravels
ataspeedof1/18,000thofthespeedoflight.Roughlyfrommultiplesources,totravela
lightyearintheVoyager1wouldtakeupto20,000years.WhichIdontneedtotellyou,
isaheckofalongtime.

BlackHoles:
InterestingFunIdea,whatwouldhappenifyouhadablackholeinyourpocketthesize
ofaquarter?Tobebrief,youwoulddie.Alsotheblackholewouldgointotheearthand
starttoslowlyeatawayattheplanetandgrow,butitwouldntgotothedirectmiddle.
BecauseoftheEarthsrotation,itwouldformintoanorbitinsidetheearthandgoaround
incirclesaroundthecoreasitorbitsandrotates,slowlyconsumingtheentireplanet.
Thatisafunideaandabadoneaswell.Letsjusthopethatnothinglikethathappens.
WhenyoulookatpictureofwhataBlackHolewouldlookslike,whichisjustaspherical
shapeofdarkness,whatyoureactuallylookingatistheEventHorizon.Itskindoflike
theouterlayeroftheBlackHole,andbecauselightcannotescapeitspull,weactually
cannotseetheinsideofablackhole,thustherebeingcountlesstheoriesaboutwhat
couldbeinsideablackhole.Evenifweweretosendsomeonestraightintoablackhole,
therewouldbenowaytocommunicatewiththem.

TheoreticalIdeas:
TheideaofaWhiteHole,theoppositeofablackhole.Asweknowit,aBlackHoleisan
areaofstronggravitationalpullwhereitssostrong,nolightormattercanescapeit.A

whiteholeisanideaoftheopposite,whereitspewsoutmatterandlightandcanonlybe
enteredfromtheinside,sonothingcangointoit,onlyout.
TherearealotoftheoriesaboutwhatliesbeyondourObservableUniverse,thereare
twoofthemostpopular,thatspaceisInfinite,withthatcomestheideasofother
theories,andtheonlyonebeingnothing.Withtheideaofnothing,itsthinkingthatspace
isjustexpandingintonothing,avastemptiness,becausetheuniverseisdefinedas
everythingandnothingwhichisthesameasemptyspace.Withtheideaofa
seeminglyinfinitespace,itsboundtohaveotherformsoflife,itsagiven.Butwiththe
ideaofinfinitespace,thereisalsoatheorythatstatesthattherecouldbeplanetsjust
likeus,orperhapsexactlylikeearth,aformofMultiverseifyouwill.
TheSpeedofDark.Iwatchedavideoandsawthis,butitwasthetheoreticalideathat
thespeedofdarknesscantravelfasterthanlight.Asweknow,nothingcantravelfaster
thanlight,sothatwouldsetsomelimitsright?Well,ifyoulookatDarkparticles,which,
completelytheoretical.Sometestwithshadowstookplace,buttheykeepupwithyouno
matterhowbigitisorhowsmalltheyare,theystayexactlythesame.Butthatis
seeminglysupposedtobecorrectbecauseoureyescannotactuallyseeinthatway,that
speed.
Nowtosomethingthatcanbetalkedaboutalot,Aliens.Wherearethey,whyhavewe
notfoundhardevidenceoftheirexistence.ThereisanideacalledtheGreatFilter,which
willbeinthecontextoftheFermiParadox.TheFermiParadoxistheapparent
contradictionbetweenhighestimatesoftheprobabilityoftheexistenceofextraterrestrial
civilizationandhumanityslackofcontactwiththosecivilizations.TheGreatFilteridea
stemsfromtherebeinganargumentaboutwhywehaventfoundanyotherET
civilizationsintheobservableuniverse,andcouldleadtoimplythatsomethingiswrong.
TheGreatFilterisaformofactthatwillreducethegreatnumberofsiteswhere
intelligentlifemightarisetothetinynumberofintelligentspecieswithadvanced
civilizations.Basically,ifacivilizationstartstobecomemoreadvancedthantheyshould,
somethingwillcomealongtopracticallymakethemextinct,thatsthebasicidea.Andfor
usonEarth,thatcouldhaveeitheralreadyhappened,orcouldhappeninthefuture.Its
likeabarriertotheevolutionofintelligentlife.Thisissomethingthatcouldkeepgoingon
forabout,twomorepagesofthisdocument,butthisis,ofcourse,supposedtobebrief.

CoolPlanets/Nebulae/GeneralThingsinSpace:
Thelargestwaterreservoirinlocatedinspace.Morethan12BillionLightYearsaway,
therehasbeendiscoveredthelargestwaterreservoir,holdingmorethan140trillion
timestheamountofwaterinallofearthsoceans.
CoolNebulasuchastheBubbleNebula,HeartNebula,ButterflyNebulaandmy
personalfavoritebeingtheSoulNebula.
AplanetmadeofFreakingDiamond.Well,alayerofitmadefromdiamond.Atleasta
thirdofthisplanetismadefromdiamond.Thisplanetthatwasdiscoveredin2004,
called55Cancrie,isfoundtobemainlycomposedofCarbon.Itsalsoknownasa
SuperEarthwiththeradiustwicethesizeofthatofEarths,andamasseighttimes
greatertocount.BecauseofhowcloseitistoitsHostStar,andhowquicklyitorbits

aroundit,takingaround18hourstoorbitarounditssun,comparedtoEarths365days.
Thetemperatureofthisplanetisaround3,900degreesFahrenheit.Itssimpletosay,
thisplanetiscompletelyUninhabitable.

IdeasforPresentation:
Haveapartoftheroom,orthewholearea,darkandgetthesesmalllightsandputa
domeontopofitwithmanyholespokedinvariousplaces.WhatIthinkwillhappenis
thatitllcreatetheillusionofstarswiththelightgoingthroughtheholes.
WhendiscussingSizeRelativity,havelike,sortofspheresrepresentingtheplanets.Can
behollow,cannotbe,buteitherworks.Showacomparisonofearthtothesun,andthen
thesuntoVYCanisMajoris.
KeepthegroupstoHighSchoolers,becausetheyaremorerelatabletogivenideasand
aremorematuretolookateverything.NotsayingthatMiddleSchoolersareimmature,
waitno,Iam.Andanyearlierwilljustconfusethemquicklywithallthese,ideas.
Iwillprobablyneedthesizeofaclassroom,thatsthelargestthatIwillprobablyneedin
ordertodothisevent.Itwouldbelikeaformofexhibition,wheretherewillbeareas
designatedforcertainpartsofthiswherepeoplecangoandlookatthem.Icouldhavea
formofscreenorsomethingtosortofblockouttheexhibitstokeepthemseparate.