Milky Way 'bigger than thought'

Does this galaxy make me look fat?

21 posted on 01/07/2009 5:53:24 AM PST by 6SJ7 (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)

22 posted on 01/07/2009 5:54:24 AM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)

Thanks. But is an entire galaxy a clump?

23 posted on 01/07/2009 5:58:40 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze

To: Sgt_Schultze

Yes. All galaxies are “clumps” of matter, as are black holes, stars, solar systems and planets........

24 posted on 01/07/2009 6:01:28 AM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)

To: Sgt_Schultze

According to the Big Band, the very early universe was lumpy. This lumpiness allowed for the formation of galaxies. Within such a clump (local group like ours, Milky Way, Andromeda, and a dozen other galaxies). Gravity can cause a local attraction between galaxies. The clump is speeding away from other clumps, but galaxies within a clump may be moving towards or away from one another.

The entire theory (best we have to date) relies on the lumpiness of the very earily universe, unfortunately that lumpiness requires something called inflation. Where for a instant in time the very early universe expanded faster then the speed of light.

Hmmm, faster then light? And this is where things get very interesting.

Since the laws of the universe were created in the Big Bang why could not inflation be possible for an instant before those laws where created?

Hmmm, well much bigger brains then I have are losing sleep over that one! LOL, I like this definition of the Big bang: "First there was nothing and then it exploded". It's the best theory we've got but there are a few "problems".

jim s

25 posted on 02/15/2009 8:06:47 AM PST by jpsb

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