Thank you ever so much for your responses. I really appreciate your acumen in some of the explanations. I am sorry for my delay in responding; I had intended to revisit within 24 hours of my posting.
I definitely got the answers I was looking for and its certainly given me a clearer perspective...
Hello and thanks for reading! You'll have to excuse my general ignorance of physics and the jargon, and also if I am not posting in the correct spot (I looked up astrophysics and it seems to be closest to my inquiry)
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This is not for school or anything like that. I have for...