Can I go light speed riding the expansion of space?
On the subject of space expansion...
If I built a spaceship with a machine (an engine if you will) on the tail end of the ship that eliminated all effects of gravity at the tail end of the ship , so as to counter act any gravitational pull on...
Actually, I did come up with that question on my own, but to be honest it was born of my skepticism of the idea that space is expanding… I guess I am forced to be less skeptical now! Thanks for the link! Most of it is way, way over my head…
So, not to completely abandon my now reduced...
As a steady stream of light particles (or any other form of measurable energy) from some distant star, say a billion light years away, makes its way toward us, shouldn’t space expansion cause consistent and measurable gaps to form between each light particle, causing a blinking effect? The...
So does space expansion only act as a "tailwind", but is unable to expand the distance between two objects lateral to their path of motion? What then if two bullets were fired from opposite sides of the universe directly at each other? Would the expansion of space not increase the distance they...
Thank you for your response, I have a follow up question...
If two rifles in deep space were fired exactly parallel to each other, but far enough apart that the bullets had zero gravitational pull on each other, would the effects of space expansion increase the distance between the two bullets...
If the universe is expanding per the inflating balloon example, how come the planets within our own (and every other) solar system aren't spreading further appart.