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To: newheart
Even more intriguing to me is the dark area outside the oval. As I have always wondered, since hearing about it in the 8th grade, if the universe is expanding, into what exactly is it expanding?

Did you see the video on how the picture was generated? The picture shows a composite of pics taken at the center of sphere. As if you could put a rotating, spinning camera in the inside of a beach ball and have it take pictures of the inside of the ball. Then open the sphere to show the shape you see.

It's not that the satellite has left the Universe, turned around and took the picture.

11 posted on 07/05/2010 12:04:53 PM PDT by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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To: raybbr
It's not that the satellite has left the Universe, turned around and took the picture.

I completely understand that. By definition the satellite could not leave the universe and turn around for a snap. The oval-shaped sphere obviously represents the limited area from which the satellite can gather light (in a given period of time).

However, the question of what the universe is expanding into is still reasonable.

15 posted on 07/05/2010 1:46:00 PM PDT by newheart (History is an outbreak of madness--Ellul)
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