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TRUE Limits Of Humanity – The Final Border We Will Never Cross

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Cosmology & astrophysicsSpace exploration & spaceflight

What it is

Kurzgesagt explains why, even with science-fiction technology, most of the universe is permanently out of reach because of cosmic expansion and finite resources.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in cosmology threads as an accessible visual explanation of the unreachable universe and its expansion limits.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “See this excellent video for more detail”

    Explains why most of the observable universe is unreachable.

    kibwen, 2021-09 · Recommendation · in “The universe has already made almost all the stars it will ever make”

  2. “I've been enjoying the kurzgesagt collection of videos”

    Explains why large swaths of the universe can never be reached.

    unyttigfjelltol, 2021-09 · Recommendation · in “The universe has already made almost all the stars it will ever make”

  3. “Kurzgesagt has a lot of great content (even if it's a bit cartoonish).”

    Conveys how much of the universe is unreachable.

    dcwardell, 2022-11 · Recommendation · in “Map of the observable universe”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: cosmic expansion, observable universe, kurzgesagt, cosmology, space travel

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