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To: gop4lyf

Have they ever figured out where this supposed “big bang” began? Shouldn’t we know where the center of the universe is by simply working backwards from where the universe has expanded to by now?
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The problem is that as far away as we can see objects are receding at speeds approaching the speed of light.

1. We don’t know if there are more distant objects receding faster than the speed of light, and

2. Relativistically speaking, all observers in such a universe would observe exactly what we are observing ....all objects receding up to the speed of light. Therefore all points in the universe are the center of the universe.

...the universe as a singularity.

I think this concept can be attributed to John Wheeler at the University of Texas.


54 posted on 09/15/2022 2:19:19 PM PDT by nagant
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To: nagant

“The problem is that as far away as we can see objects are receding at speeds approaching the speed of light.”

We can see objects are receding at speeds exceeding the speed of light.


59 posted on 09/15/2022 2:44:41 PM PDT by TexasGator ( Gator in Florids)
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