Beakie and Dr Honeydew vs. the Total Perspective Vortex

[nanila]

Here is a thing on my desk that is making me happy. Behold! The UNIVERSE. (Universe provided by purplecthulhu with the assistance of the Planck spacecraft.)

Comments

[cosmolinguist]

Oh! Now I want an inflatable universe!

(I already have an inflatable Earth, an anniversary present from my dear husband.)

[lurkingcat]

That is a thing of beauty and wonder. It makes me happy to know that it exists :)

[nanila]

I would be happy to send you one if you DM me a postal address. There are lots. LOTS. Five thousand were ordered for the Royal Society Summer Exhibition, and they arrived after it was finished!

[nanila]

They're all over the department - wander into someone's office and you're very likely to see a universe on their desk!

[cosmolinguist]

Awesome! Thank you!

[pbristow]

My friend avevale_intelligencer claims that the ultimate goal of science (or physics at least) is/should be to create a new universe ourselves, using our knowledge of how this one was made.

Should I tell him it's been done already? LOTS OF TIMES? =:o}

[nanila]

No no, not for these. They were late. And a bit rubbish, to be honest. :P