两千五百多年前,在没有现代的观测手段和基础理论的情况下,从菩提树下站起来的佛陀,曾经这样描述他所认知的宇宙:一个拥有类似地球行星的太阳系叫作一个世界,一千个世界叫做小千世界,一千个小千世界就是中千世界,一千个中千世界即为大千世界,在我们的宇宙之中,存在着有如恒河中的沙子那么多的大千世界。令人不解的是,他的描述同今天的科学观测结果和推论相当接近。利用先进的现代观测技术手段发现,我们人类所在的银河系存 More than two thousand five hundred years ago, without modern methods of observation and basic theory, the Buddha standing under the bodhi tree used to describe the universe he knew: a solar system with a similar earth planet is called a world Thousands of thousands of thousands of worlds are known as the Thousands of Thousands, Thousands of Thousands of Thousands of Worlds are the Thousands of Thousands, and in our universe, there are as many Thousands as the sand in the Ganges world. What is puzzling is that his description is quite close to today’s scientific observations and inferences. Using advanced modern techniques of observation, we find that the Milky Way where we humans are present lives