Posted on 10/27/2023 7:30:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed the most comprehensive view of the universe’s history. The study highlights the transformation of the universe from its inception 13.8 billion years ago to its current state, filled with objects like protons, atoms, and galaxies.
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Astronomers have presented the most detailed view of the universe’s history, suggesting it may have originated from an “instanton” rather than a singularity. This revelation, visualized through two innovative plots, also delves into the mysteries of the universe’s boundaries.
The most comprehensive view of the history of the universe ever created has been produced by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU).
The study also offers new ideas about how our universe may have started.
Lead author Honorary Associate Professor Charley Lineweaver from ANU said he set out wanting to understand where all the objects in the universe came from.
“When the universe began 13.8 billion years ago in a hot big bang, there were no objects like protons, atoms, people, planets, stars, or galaxies. Now the universe is full of such objects,” he said.
“The relatively simple answer to where they came from is that, as the universe cooled, all of these objects condensed out of a hot background.”
Illustrating the Universe’s Evolution
To show this process in the simplest possible way, the researchers made two plots. The first shows the temperature and density of the universe as it expanded and cooled. The second plots the mass and size of all objects in the universe.
The result is the most comprehensive chart ever created of all the objects in the universe.
New View of All Objects in the Universe
Credit: Professor Charley and Vihan Patel (2023) American Journal of Physics
Co-author and former ANU research student Vihan Patel said the project raised some important questions.
“Parts of this plot are ‘forbidden’ – where objects cannot be denser than black holes, or are so small, quantum mechanics blurs the very nature of what it really means to be a singular object.” Mr. Patel said.
Boundaries and Beyond
The researchers also emphasize that the plot boundaries and what potentially lies beyond them remain a major mystery.
“At the smaller end, the place where quantum mechanics and general relativity meet is the smallest possible object – an instanton. This plot suggests the universe may have started as an instanton, which has a specific size and mass, rather than a singularity, which is a hypothetical point of infinite density and temperature,” Mr. Patel said.
“On the larger end, the plot suggests that if there were nothing – a complete vacuum – beyond the observable universe, our universe would be a large, low density black hole. This is a little scary, but we have good reason to believe that’s not the case.”
The study is published in the latest issue of The American Journal of Physics.
Reference:
“All objects and some questions” by Charles H. Lineweaver and Vihan M. Patel, 1 October 2023, The American Journal of Physics.
DOI: 10.1119/5.0150209
Yea, sure. That all happened by chance in a random activity.
How about In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth?
100% agree.
Isn’t that too simple? /s
Where the Big Bang Theory falls short is they can never answer the question of, “Where did the singularity come from?”
Same with the new Theory, “Where did the “instanton” come from?”...................
Imagine the moment God was about to explode that singularity. Did He not summon all the angels and say, “Watch this!”?
Psalm 96:13
Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Matthew 25:34
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
John 17:24
“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
The universe is headed to an instantoff.
4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding.
5Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know!
Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
6On what were its foundations set,
or who laid its cornerstone,
7while the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38
I spotted my lost car keys in there!
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