Posted on 05/28/2021 8:20:46 AM PDT by Red Badger
But a "newly observed phenomenon" is an entirely different matter ....
Well, Space-time is there only when you observe it..........................
“Orphans”. It is a mathematical certainty given the number of inter and intra galactic stellar flybys in the universe over the billions of year.
The Theory is that yes, everything will be come chaos (black holes are pockets of chaos) until the final cool down and freeze. Once that happens, there is the nothing of perfect chaos, until there is a quantum event that starts things all over again. I think the theory is pointing out that there is no difference between the perfect order at the beginning and the perfect chaos at the end, quantum mechanically speaking.
A slight wobble or orbit deviation of any of our neighboring planets will be all it takes to doom Earth. A universe that collapses back is not the worry. Move the balance of gravity slightly and its over.
A "universe that collapses back" was the prevailing point of view at one point, and the idea does have a certain symmetry, but evidence now points to a universe that is not only continuing to fan out (into what is another question), and is in fact accelerating as time goes on. I don't adhere to the theories about 'dark' matter and 'dark' energy ad nauseaum; there has to be another explanation. But the phenomenon is both real and measurable.
One of the most intriguing aspects of this expansion is that it's velocity is not bound by the speed of light, since it is space itself that is expanding. Einstein's theories of spacetime are incomplete; as far as I know they do not address this particular phenomenon at all.
Ultimately, there's little we can do about it; we are simply along for the ride. And like everything else in the natural world, it doesn't require our understanding to function just fine.
Interesting article from today:
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-dark-energy-survey-precise-universe.html
The Glory of the Lord shines before us.
Imho.
5.56mm
All those pixels and they still can't get a good pic.................
And that's just the ones they can see!..................
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