Posted on 03/24/2010 12:23:32 PM PDT by decimon
PARIS (AFP) – Astronomers may have underestimated the tally of galaxies in some parts of the Universe by as much as 90 percent, according to a study reported on Wednesday in Nature, the weekly British science journal.
Surveys of the cosmos are based on a signature of ultraviolet light that turns out to be a poor indicator of what's out there, its authors say.
In the case of very distant, old galaxies, the telltale light may not reach Earth as it is blocked by interstellar clouds of dust and gas -- and, as a result, these galaxies are missed by the map-makers.
"Astronomers always knew they were missing some fraction of the galaxies... but for the first time we now have a measurement. The number of missed galaxies is substantial," said Matthew Hayes of the University of Geneva's observatory, who led the investigation.
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God is timeless.
He exists on all points of time, simultaneously.
Billions and 2. I saw a couple of new ones last night.
Time, ultimate time, the where/when of God’s dominion, is volumetric, not linear or planar. Our existence in this linear temporal field is temporary and we are assured that we will be exiting this where/when to dwell in the volumetric of time ... take two aspirins and call me int he morning.
God already told me that tomorrow.
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