This discussion has been great fun and very inspiring, thank you all. Garth, pervect,yogi,Chronos,and Wave's hand particle. Merry Christmas to you all.
After sleeping on my last post, I realized an error in my logic. Because we would appear to be speeding away at the same velocity from these distant objects, from their perspective, our universe must indeed be continuing to expand at an incredible rate. This however brings us to another...
Red shift equals expansion is certainly a true statement, the question is when is this expansion rate occurring. The farther back in time we look, the greater shift, thus the greater rate of expansion. But what about the here and now, the galaxies next door are not receding at near that rate. It...
Are we looking at a cyclical universe here. Where gravity has the option of being either plus or minus in character. It does seem plausible when we seem to have no problem regarding matter and time in this manner. Even though there is a resistance to this view by many, I find it very logical. If...
I had to sleep on this one. I need to ask another question here. Are we saying here that it is not possible for the universe to be massive enough for gravitation to halt the expansion. From all the data I can find, we are not in a position to make a final decision about this yet. Assume for one...
Thanks Chronos; it does cause one to wonder. If our universe is a time reversed black hole, then at some later date our universe might halt it's expansion and become a time reversed universe. Personaly I'm with Garth, it does seem that we are balanced between an open and a closed situation here...
I believe you are thinking of the ability for a black hole to absorb surrounding matter. This is true, however the reference to being closed speaks of the density being such that no information can escape, therefore both a closed universe and a black hole share this same characteristic.
Garth and Yogi; I'm greatfull for the intelligent response that you both have rendered. I am familiar with both points of view, so let's build upon the information we have and attempt a brave new exercise. The next question I have would be; what concrete data do we possesses that proves an...
If the universe is closed, then it most certainly is a black hole. And being such would be subject to the same principles that could be applied to any other black hole. My question has more to do with the apparent expansion of our universe. Is it really expanding or is this an illusion?
If the universe is an enormous black hole as some have suggested, will it also loose it's mass energy due to Hawkins radiation. And assuming that it does, where does the mass energy go to. Observations have shown that our universe is expanding at an incredible rate. Is this expansion not...
Good information can come from a vast number of relevant sources. Why would we want to dismiss any point of view that might have some factual basis. The whole is the sum of many parts is also true in science.