Awesome video! It's very similar to one of the planetarium presentations in the Creation Museum.

The vast power of God in creation and that He did all of this just for us is absolutely mind-blowing and yet so true!

(I'm not here to debate. Just being honest and logical.)

Finally, a video that shows us where we are, where we're from and where we're going.., there, there, and that way.
But I still haven't figure out a way to use all this information..

It's the trip coming back from the outer reaches that I find interesting. I keep looking for our sun and when I see it coming into view I hear myself doing a Homer Simpson, "Yay, sun! Wu-hoo!" A little solarcentric for sure, but until we find another as worthy, we be the best!

@Socrates: hopefully, the next time you find yourself lost, you can find your way home.

(I thought we were lost when they said we are zooming back to earth, i was sure it was the otherway)

If I told you how much I needed this, I wouldn't have time to eat it.

Mr. Noodle, maybe you don't mean to debate, and you're probably honest, but you are definitely not being logical.

The phrase "He did all of this just for us" actually makes sense to you?

Aren't religious people supposed to be humble? It always appears religion is nothing more than a human-centric vehicle.

As a fellow human, I'm obviously human-centric myself, but a video such as this points out how absolutely inconsequential we are.

The fact that you got the opposite notion boggles the mind.

I see no logical flaw in your statement, Mr. Noodle. I see where you're coming from too Crapiola. You just have to know where the other person is coming from and you can see why it makes sense to the respective person. There's no good that can come from debating it.

I think the title of the video should be. "Life, the Universe and Everything"

@Crapiola:

"Through space the universe grasps me and swallows me up like a speck; through thought I grasp it."--Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1670)

"How remarkable that the same being (man) who is physically grasped and swallowed up by a universe vastly superior spatially can at the same time spiritually grasp and swallow that same universe, simply by thought. We can swallow the swallower. We can perform this paradox because the universe is even more vastly inferior to man spiritually than man is inferior to it physically."--Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and King's College, Christianity for Modern Pagans (1993)

only real logical flaw is the whole mention of god (not to start some science vs religion fight) thats belife not logic (logic requires proof, which we sadly cannot find.) Anyway am i the only person offended by the lack of Pluto in this video? I mean it was a planet for a very long time, you think it would atleast get some sort of honorable mention in the video rather than just dropped out all together... i miss the days when Pluto was a planet...

It could be argued that it's logical to believe that there is something beyond what we know that is cosmic or god like in nature and whatever that being or beings are, that they did in fact create this reality. The balance, symmetry, and scope of our universe is arguably just too darn perfect to be a fortunate set of circumstances.

To think it was all for us is just selfish. We don't know if we're the only ones in this universe, the only reason we're the 'greatest' being on this planet is because we proclaimed ourselves as such.

Anyone who likes this can also download Celestia for a similar experience.

Read Hawkings'
"A Brief History of Time"

It explains it all a lot better than this video.
This video looks like it's made for kids, which is fine, but if you're a grown-up and interested in this stuff, read the grown-up information.

Well, unless it shows Great A'Tuin the Star Turtle, it's certainly not complete.

we are insignificant, all that we do including this conversation means nothing. enjoy your lives before being shutted up by the infinite silence of the vast space.

This Video is Awe-Inspiring.
man, we sure have a long way to go as a species before we get "out there".

@BoredBuyAtWork
It makes sense that Pluto Not be in their because its not a "planet", It was called a planet before we discovered the Kuiper Belt. It rightfully got demoted. Which I was glad to see. If we learn new things...we should change things.
This artist rendering of our solar system will show you how vastly different pluto is to the 8 planets.
http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/images/migrate3.gif

Ramen Noodle,

The Creation Museum? Is that the one with displays of cavemen riding dinosaurs? Because that's just precious.

auctoris,

Genuine apologies for being so crass (and if he's, like, your uncle or something), but it would be super if Dr. Kreeft would STFU.

I've always preferred this response to the religion/science debate: "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Ultimately, we don't know, but one day we might, and that's why the human race is so amazing (well, some of it).

Wasn't this done ages ago in the classic animation short "Cosmic Zoom"?

@Ramen Noodle:

"Atheism implies an ultimately unsubstantited basic trust in reality. If atheim is not nourished simply by a nihilistic basic mistrust, it must be nourished by a basic trust--but one that is ultimately unsubstantiated. In agnostic atheism the assent to reality proves to be ultimately unsubstantiated and inconsistent: a freewheeling, no-where anchored and therefore paradoxical basic trust."--Hans Küng (1976)

@auctoris,
I will act as though that quote was your words, but I have no need to hide beyond other men's words.

I am a theist, but Küng is mistaken in his vital assumption. The basic trust that what is observable is real, is a tenant of science, not atheism. And I am quite afraid that many theists, atheists and anti-theists all find, that physical reality can be safely assumed to be real.
The only difference in this regard is who get's the blame. And it seems to me that with what we know (and in some cases are stilll proving) is sufficient explanation for how it came into being. The only question is whether we have faith in our senses. But this is essentially a requirement no matter what your belief set, and if it is not than you have nothing of value to say since I am only imagining you saying it.

Now I look at the universe and I see divinity, but I do not imagine a humaniform creator dude. That seems utterly absurd, and if you are an atheist or an antithiest and you imagine theists believe in gray bearded sky dude I understand why you reject all notions of such deity.

Fortunately atheists are not responsible for defining god for theists. And I see no reason why the atheistic view of the universe or the theistic one in any way should differ in their acceptance of the proven, the only place they should differ is in their view of the unproven, or perhaps in the way that they incorporate what is known into their being.

And I need quote no philosopher for what I say to be valid.

Damn the universe is beautiful and awe inspiring.

the rest of the universe is utterly useless unless we can do something with it

Video fades to black and then, i look at myself and think ; quite small !

I think I can see my house from here.

Hey! I can see Pluto from my backyard!

@the Ramen Noodle: *facepalm*

Religion is like your genitals. Its okay to enjoy. Its even okay to be proud. Just keep em to yourself unless invited.

@Satsu

I love you

The real problem is not whether pluto is included in the fly-by or about religion but the fact that the darn GPS won't work once you leave the planet!

@Satsu
Definitely quote of the week. Maybe even of the month... Great way to stop a troll!

Wow this reminds me that despite the unfathomable vastness of this universe, there is also great order to all the heavenly objects and how they will dance around each other...no matter how distanced apart they are. This gives me a sense of a "oneness" of all that is...and if we are all an aspect of that Oneness, then truly none of us are insignificant but all are a vital part of the whole.