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‘Non-discovery’ of space-time ripples opens door to birth of the Universe
The Times ^
| 8/20/2009
| Mark Henderson
Posted on 08/19/2009 7:20:29 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: bruinbirdman
Must be how the RATS are justifying health care...
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
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posted on
08/19/2009 7:26:01 PM PDT
by
taxtruth
(WE CAN'T AFFORD UNCLE SAMMY ANYMORE!)
To: bruinbirdman
Ok, I am a moron.
How in the hell do they peer back in time???
Totally amazed at our knowledge and abilities. Still no cure for cancer.
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posted on
08/19/2009 7:27:33 PM PDT
by
autumnraine
(You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
To: autumnraine
See the sun in the sky? You’re seeing it how it was 8 minutes ago. Now extrapolate that out to something like the Hubble, peering into the far reaches of the universe...
To: bruinbirdman
THIS could be the forum to discuss the logical proof for God’s existence!
To: bruinbirdman
"“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”" - Sherlock Holmes
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posted on
08/19/2009 7:32:41 PM PDT
by
Bratch
To: autumnraine
They are only ‘figuratively’ looking back in time. They are analyzing information that would only be reaching the earth after x amount of time, even though it is information generated millionsnof years ago. Remember, even light, the fastest thing we know, only travels at about 385,000 miles per second (I ting - I'm digging back in time in my own memory of high school history class), so with the known universe at least billions of miles across,even light doesn't cross it instantaneously - and other things, like gravity waves, travel a lot slower than the speed of light!
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posted on
08/19/2009 7:32:55 PM PDT
by
Kay Ludlow
(Government actions ALWAYS have unintended consequences...)
To: Kay Ludlow
Approximately 186,000 miles/second :-)
To: Kay Ludlow
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posted on
08/19/2009 7:38:10 PM PDT
by
Empireoftheatom48
(Zero will never be my President, never!!!!!)
To: Kay Ludlow
You are right on. If you reverse the situation, a being on another planet could be pointing one of these at the earth and just now be seeing the time of Christ walking the earth or Moses, or even further back to the birth of Joan Rivers.
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posted on
08/19/2009 7:38:10 PM PDT
by
johncocktoasten
(Practicing asymetrical thread warfare against anti-Palin Trolls)
To: RepublitarianRoger2
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posted on
08/19/2009 7:39:35 PM PDT
by
Empireoftheatom48
(Zero will never be my President, never!!!!!)
To: autumnraine
When you look at a star in the sky you may be “seeing” what that star looked like millions of years ago if that star happens to be millions of light-years from earth. Similarly, these scientists are “looking” in areas of the sky (the universe) thought to be furthest from earth. Theat’s how they “peer back in time”.
What I’ve always wondered is, if scientists could “peer back in time” to one nanosecond into the existence of the universe and discovered a mirrored surface which was perfectly aligned toward the scientists, what would that mirror be reflecting?
To: Empireoftheatom48
Nope. Approximately 186,000 miles/second in a vacuum.
To: RepublitarianRoger2
I’m sorry you are right 186,000 per/sec :(
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posted on
08/19/2009 7:42:32 PM PDT
by
Empireoftheatom48
(Zero will never be my President, never!!!!!)
To: bruinbirdman
The big bang idea is bad physics and bad theology rolled into a package.
To: bruinbirdman
Aha... Now we can work on star drive technology to surf the grav waves.
Kowabunga dude.
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posted on
08/19/2009 7:46:40 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: bruinbirdman
A non discovery making headlines. :)
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posted on
08/19/2009 7:47:46 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: bruinbirdman
I SEE YOU..
To: RepublitarianRoger2
Approximately 186,000 miles/second :-) Or about 300,000 kilometers/second.
Or, generally more usefully, about 3X10^8 meters/second. ;-)
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posted on
08/19/2009 7:50:43 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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