You sound very much like myself at that age. I actually took a M.Sc. I did it part time in the evenings for 3yrs. I funded it by teaching in the day time which was heavy going. Sadly I never got the kind of job I wanted but ended up in I.T. Looking back I should have made more of my job at the...
Many thanks for this excellent response Marcus and for the fabulous detail.
I find this subject intriguing - I think there is a lot of scope here for enhancing understanding of how the universe came about and much to discover.
Best Wishes,
Patrick Naughton
One thing that really bothers me about Hubble's law is the question of time. Was this ever taken into account? When we observe large distances in space we are also looking way back in time. Sure Galaxies appear to be moving faster at a greater distance but how do we know how fast they are moving...