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The Most Mind-Bending Fact I Learned in Physics
Real Clear Science ^ | 11/2015 | Tom Hartsfield

Posted on 11/19/2015 10:56:52 PM PST by LibWhacker

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61 posted on 11/21/2015 6:54:14 PM PST by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: Sir_Ed

Yep, him and Physicist. Really liked those guys.


62 posted on 11/21/2015 7:45:57 PM PST by LibWhacker
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Yeah, me too. The purges have gotten rid of a LOT of really good posters!

Ed


63 posted on 11/21/2015 10:57:53 PM PST by Sir_Ed
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To: InterceptPoint
It is an awesome idea. I'm embarrassed that it didn't actually occur to me independently.

I know, that's what makes it so striking. As soon as you hear it, it makes total sense and you wonder why you didn't think of it yourself.

64 posted on 11/22/2015 10:49:11 AM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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But, over the course of their billions of years in transit to us, the space they inhabit along their path through the stars has grown more than 1000 times bigger since they were born.

Some theorists think the 13.7 billion year old universe is 156 billion light years wide, which seems impossible. Nothing in reality is infinite so either the universe has an edge where light bounces back, or light curves until it starts heading back.


65 posted on 11/22/2015 11:30:07 AM PST by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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