The true nature of the universe spoke about 50,000 years ago in our galactic neighborhood. We heard its echoes on December 27, 2004, and we had heard nothing like it before. Mankind truly is fragile. I think we overestimate our durability in the face of the vastness of the universe. That this amount of destructive energy could be so concentrated really boggles my mind, and yet we were over 50,000 lightyears away when it happened. Can you imagine what this would do at closer distances?!