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Goodbye infinity and all that infinite singularity and infinite density descriptions
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I rather like the following, extracted from The Universe by Dr Greg Brown, published by Royal Observatory, Greenwich: I understand...
Dec 9, 2024
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The Flatness Problem; solved?
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Gibsense, I was pointing out that, where the "inkspot observer" expands pro rata, then "he" will not observe the expansion because his...
Dec 7, 2024
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Exoplanet Stats
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Helio, thanks for all of your work. There is no need to rush your effort to answer the questions that I asked - I'm patient and...
Dec 5, 2024
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The Flatness Problem; solved?
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The balloon analogy is based on a spherical balloon. Even that is not a good analogy, because you have the neck sticking out, and there...
Dec 5, 2024
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The Flatness Problem; solved?
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Is there not something very wrong with a balloon analogy? As the balloon expands, the "spot" on the surface expands. Ergo, a ruler...
Dec 5, 2024
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About Hubble's Law
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https://einstein.stanford.edu/content/relativity/a11332.html#:~:text=General%20relativity%20tells%20us%20that,that%20creates%20the%20grav...
Dec 2, 2024
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More on the Big Bang - what was before t = 0?
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Are there two kinds of space here (explanation ex Google)? The distance between galaxies, and "space itself"? And is it the expansion...
Dec 2, 2024
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More on the Big Bang - what was before t = 0?
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Gibsense, I am not trying to argue or score points. I am trying to understand. I am starting from redshift, and Hubble's deduction...
Dec 2, 2024
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About Hubble's Law
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If speed is proportional to distance, then at "infinite distance, at what speed is it expanding? Can immaterial nothing expand? Did the...
Dec 2, 2024
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More on the Big Bang - what was before t = 0?
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0 = 23 - 23 Clearly 0 is coming from 23 by subtracting 23 from a pre-existing 23. Is this the standard response you are offering? Cat :)
Dec 2, 2024
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Fire defys gravity
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You don't disappoint. #3 is correct. Your #4 does not contradict. Cat :)
Dec 2, 2024
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Infinity or not infinity that is the question.
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Cat :) You are a thinker Good on you Be Happy
Dec 1, 2024
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Infinity or not infinity that is the question.
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Of course the measurements are the bread and butter, but you then need deductions and hypotheses. These require words, with accurately...
Dec 1, 2024
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About Hubble's Law
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Of course, Hubble's Law, or Constant, is not fixed. It varies over time and distance. I wonder why it was not realised earlier, that...
Dec 1, 2024
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Infinity or not infinity that is the question.
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Harry, just to amplify a little. Loving a marriage partner, is not the same as Loving a parent or sibling, is not the same as Loving a...
Dec 1, 2024
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