Yea.... We can see things that far away yet we barely know what's in our own ocean...

Stuff like this doesn't impress me when we have so many unknowns about our own planet and Galaxy...

I assume you are an American? The research conducted here was done in France via le Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. So in actuality you didn't pay for this at all...

And in regards to NASA, here's a whole bunch of stuff people use that has directly benefited society...

http://www.design-laorosa.c...

Yeah but I don't know how finding out there are other galaxies out there will benefit us directly? Yeah tons of technology has been funded by NASA but looking for other planets just so we can say there are other planets out there seems silly

@2pac - It's human nature to question everything. If we didn't look beyond our horizons, we might have foolishly believed that the Earth was still flat. Don't get me wrong, I see your point, but I am sure something is going to come out of this one day.

Yes and as speedracer said something will come out of this one day. Once upon a time people in Europe thought it was a water of time and money to sail west, there is nothing there, no money to be made etc. They were wrong.

@2Pac - You might never know but many of the things have evolved out of curiosity of finding something new that's what human nature is.

As Speed-Racer mentioned - "It's human nature to question everything" if that's not true you would never have know the concepts of gravity or any other natural anomaly that you are aware of. So yeah these discoveries are really helpful for us in one way or the other.

I hope someday we find the cure of deadly diseases like cancer so more human lives can be saved. But silly we are because you don't see the benefit in exploring things.

I'm with 2pac...

Stringerbell

There's enough about our own planet that we don't know... Why not explore that?

I mean I guess one day we will benefit from a galaxy so far away /s

@Xb1ps4

'There's enough about our own planet that we don't know... Why not explore that?'

We already do. NASA Earth Science in the US and the gazillion other agencies the world over are already doing what your asking.

But telling astronomers 'hey what your doing cut it out, go cure cancer or something.' Thats not their prerogative, it never has been.

alreqdy there are lots of discoveries which wont give any value to us but still discussed

The technologies and understanding needed to achieve these feats are what drives mankind forward, what we dont know far outweighs anything we do know, but by asking these questions finding solutions to problems and overcoming the seemingly impossible we continue to grow.

Going to the moon was a costly endeavour but the whole world benefited, even if some people cant see it.

Stringerbel

Well maybe we need to add these ppl to the gazillion other earth scientist agencies. I don't expect them to cure cancer that's not in there expertise but we are still on gas and oil so maybe they can figure out a better and renewable energy source that can be mass produced, we have so many different things we can use already and just need a little more effort in making it happen..

I get that exploring the furthes part of space perks the mind of many but it's just useless time and resources imo we will get nothing out of knowing about a galaxy that far away.. All I'm saying is I would love to know more about ours.. Seems like more discoveries are made outside our galaxy than in our very own. I mean a lot of ppl are still going back and forth about another planet in our own system..

I just think exploring that far out is a waste..