Humans have a hard time contemplating large numbers and objects. And when it comes to the really big things like the size of our Sun, our Galaxy and the Universe, we simply lose a sense of scale. Sure, we can put a number to these beastly objects, but can’t really contemplate the actual magnitude of their existence.
For example, we know that the diameter of the Earth is about 12500 km. But that doesn’t mean that you can contemplate such a big ball of rock with all its topology and life forms in one go.
That feeling is strictly reserved for the physical and mental senses of an Astronaut. Another example is the temperature at the core of our Sun. We know from Science that it’s 15 million degrees Celsius. But we can merely imagine the threatening thousands of degrees of lava heat, let alone millions of degrees required for fusion!
And we haven’t even ventured outside the Solar System yet!
Reality is just too big for our puny minds to capture at once. Science is full of numbers (associated with facts) every text you look at. That somehow has been perceived as dull to a general audience who can’t relate those facts to their existence here on Earth. In fact, it even applies to science students just the same. This is where Science Fiction chips in. By weaving the facts of nature in a story format, science fiction enables you to contemplate both the grandeur and the subtlety of Reality.
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