Posted on 08/25/2016 7:40:44 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Our solar system is in a unique area of the universe that's conducive to life, says John Webb and his colleagues at the University of New South Wales, who have carried out intensive study that threatens to turn the world of theoretical physics upside down.
The team studied the fine structure in the spectral lines of the light from distant quasars from data from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile with stunning results that showed that one of the constants of nature --the Alpha appears to be different in different parts of the cosmos, supporting the theory that our solar system is in a part of the universe that is "just right" for life, which negates Einstein's equivalence principle, which states that the laws of physics are the same everywhere.
The "magic number," known as Alpha or the fine-structure constant, appears to vary throughout the Universe, concluded the team from the University of New South Wales, Swinburne University of Technology and the University of Cambridge.
"What they found threatens to turn the world of theoretical physics upside down," said theorectical physicist, Paul Davies of Arizona State in an article in Cosmos this past January. "On the face of it, α has slightly different values in different parts of the Universe, implying that the fine structure constant is not a constant at all, but varies over cosmological distances and times."
"This finding in 2015 was a real surprise to everyone," said John Webb of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailygalaxy.com ...
This explains how our planets were arranged. Really........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo9eSzqn2yI
#7 That is what the dinosaurs thought too but........ wham!
“We have the right sized gas giant to keep comets and asteroids away from us.”
I've thought for some time that gravity might somehow work off the energy contained within 'empty' space, perhaps related to the Casimir Effect described below. In short, maybe matter, in order to exist, 'feeds' off the energy of the vacuum thereby creating a 'well' of negative pressure surrounded by the positive pressure of the local space environment. This 'positive pressure' then pushes outside objects towards the negative pressure well. Since matter and energy are supposedly manifestations of the same thing, (E=Mc^2) it might not be too off-base an idea.
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Casimir Effect: Zero Point Energy
The Casimir force arises from one of those unlikely sounding real world manifestations of quantum mechanics. It begins with considerations of what exactly is a vacuum. In the classical everyday sense we think of a vacuum as what is left after we have removed all of the stuff, molecules atoms etc. But that still leaves photons, so if we remove those as well – including all the thermal energy then surely we should now have an absolute vacuum which contains precisely nothing.
Therein lies the problem. Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, describes the limitation on the knowledge of pairs of parameters in terms of Planck’s constant; most well known being position and momentum. An equally important pairing is energy and time, and quantum mechanics forbids the precise independent knowledge of these two parameters.
The absolute energy of a system is thus unknowable as a single parameter, including the unique value of zero. So we cannot have a vacuum of absolute zero energy because it violates the uncertainty principle.
The theoretical physics resolution of this paradox is to assume the existence of virtual particles which pop out of the vacuum and wander around for an undefined time and then pop back – thus giving the vacuum an average zero point energy, but without disturbing the real world too much.
One of the most remarkable results of Quantum Field Theory is the existence of vacuum fields, particles and zero-point energy. Vacuum is not a tranquil void but a quantum state made up of matter fields and energy fields.
https://bruceleeeowe.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/casimir-starcraft-zero-point-energy/
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In quantum field theory, the Casimir effect and the Casimir–Polder force are physical forces arising from a quantized field. They are named after the Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir who predicted them in 1948.
The typical example is of the two uncharged conductive plates in a vacuum, placed a few nanometers apart. In a classical description, the lack of an external field means that there is no field between the plates, and no force would be measured between them.[1] When this field is instead studied using the QED vacuum of quantum electrodynamics, it is seen that the plates do affect the virtual photons which constitute the field, and generate a net force[2]—either an attraction or a repulsion depending on the specific arrangement of the two plates.
Although the Casimir effect can be expressed in terms of virtual particles interacting with the objects, it is best described and more easily calculated in terms of the zero-point energy of a quantized field in the intervening space between the objects. This force has been measured and is a striking example of an effect captured formally by second quantization.[3][4]
However, the treatment of boundary conditions in these calculations has led to some controversy. In fact, "Casimir's original goal was to compute the van der Waals force between polarizable molecules" of the conductive plates. Thus it can be interpreted without any reference to the zero-point energy (vacuum energy) of quantum fields.[5]
Of course gyros precess without movement of their frame of reference.
Take your gyro, spin it up, mount it so that its spin axis is horizontal and it’s suspended from one end of the axle, and it will rotate about the mount point.
Unfortunately for you, my father worked for a company with the word “Gyroscope” in its name.
And the gyro you reference is just a toy, not suitable for real work.
And why would I “forget the Foucault Pendulum”? Because it demonstrates the earth rotates?
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”.
It’s the opposite of the depths of humility.
So then the sun rotates around the earth every 24 hrs?
Travels in a circuit overhead. Yes.
The sun orbits the earth?
What is, the belief that life exists elsewhere, or just here on Earth?
And that circuit oscillates and deforms back and forth so that in the summer the sun rises north of east and and sets north of west and in the winter it rises south of east and sets south of west?
How do the stars rotate around the earth?
More circuits?
Where did the circuits come from?
Yes
You’re funnin’ us now right?
You can’t possibly be that ignorant.
Even as a kid, I could see the logical trap in that really stupid assertion.
Depends on your definition of life.
Life adapts to the planetary conditions, not vice-versa.
Your version of "just right for life" can have an infinity number of incompatible other "lifes."
I totally agree, but...
The probability that they are close enough to ours as to be able to communicate is essentially nil. Or even have the ability to ever become aware of the other(s)
Since "proof" is impossible, you can have a gazillion to one odds...
As they say in the casinos, "Good Luck!"
Why is proof impossible? And why would that affect how someone views a particular belief one way or another?
bkmk
Hey bud
I say this all the time here myself being a very amateur astronomer
We are an extremely unique planet in a unique solar system with just the right star
I’m shouted down by the cynics and relativists and non believers
Webb gets it
Applause
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