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Webb begins hunt for the first stars and habitable worlds
Phys.org ^ | 7/14/2022 | Issam Ahmed, Lucie Aubourg

Posted on 07/14/2022 4:05:41 PM PDT by LibWhacker

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To: TexasGator

They have. Do your homework.


Really?

Do your homework.

https://www.space.com/31192-what-triggered-the-big-bang.html

The Big Bang theory is a model of the history of the universe, tracing the evolution of the cosmos to its very earliest moments.


21 posted on 07/14/2022 4:56:06 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: LibWhacker

The star is a red dwarf. There’s a good chance those planets are tidal locked. Still, its a start.


22 posted on 07/14/2022 5:01:47 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Manly Warrior

“So, Tex, Tell me again the one-way speed of light? Einstein couldn’t nor wouldn’t try. He understood that we can only derive a round trip SOL”

Do some homework and then come back and we can discuss.


23 posted on 07/14/2022 5:03:53 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: PeterPrinciple

“Really?”

Yes! From your link:


There are, of course, some ideas out there — models that attempt to describe what “ignited” or “seeded” the Big Bang,


24 posted on 07/14/2022 5:08:12 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: blam
Just think how far light will travel in one year. It's mind-boggling.

A light year is six trillion miles--quite a ways.

25 posted on 07/14/2022 5:08:59 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: TexasGator

But that is not the big bang theory. The big bang theory is history of the universe, up to a certain point.

Some Ideas, Not theory. Think.

It is turtles all the way down is another idea.


26 posted on 07/14/2022 5:21:48 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

“But that is not the big bang theory.”

Never said it was.


27 posted on 07/14/2022 5:24:00 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: PeterPrinciple

“Some Ideas, Not theory. Think.”

Nobody said they were theories.


28 posted on 07/14/2022 5:26:11 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: TexasGator; aimhigh
It is assumed that the universe has no “center”.

Exactly! In my experience, the "center of the universe" question most often comes up in questions about where in the universe the Big Bang actually occurred. Apparently, they think that by knowing where in the universe the Big Bang occurred they can learn a lot more about the Big Bang itself simply by looking at that point in space.

BUT remember... one important thing about the universe when the Big Bang actually occurred... THE UNIVERSE BACK THEN WAS THE SIZE OF A PROTON!... and even smaller than that.

So... the Big Bang occurred EVERYWHERE in this tiny, tiny, tiny space the size of a proton, and you're not going to be able to find out anything about the Big Bang itself by looking at any particular tiny point in the universe today. It happened everywhere.

29 posted on 07/14/2022 5:26:56 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
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30 posted on 07/14/2022 5:29:05 PM PDT by roving (Blue Lives Matter More Than Children)
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To: TexasGator

“I haven’t seen any of those ”scientists “ expound on where the matter, or the energy came from, andwhat “triggered” the BANG. “

They have. Do your homework.\


There is your post. You declare that scientists have “solved” it and from your knowledgeable position tell someone to do their homework.

They Have, your quote, Really?

here is the essence of current thinking. Again do your own homework.

“As others have said, we really have no clue what triggered the big bang, but one possibility is that it arose through a quantum fluctuation, meaning that it ‘just happened’

Tell the whole story and do your research.


31 posted on 07/14/2022 5:42:53 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Rebelbase
How can they tell if it’s an Class M planet?

They can tell whether or not it's in the so-called "habitable zone." If not, it's not going to be able to support life as we know it.

They'll also, now with Webb, often be able to determine its atmospheric components. If it's 100% gaseous sulphuric acid, it won't be a good candidate for Class M categorization.

But if it's rocky, got a lot of nitrogen, oxygen, water and is in the habitable zone... BINGO, automatic Class M planet. Now, does it have life? That's another question and will get a lot of attention.

32 posted on 07/14/2022 5:45:18 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Rlsau1
Two questions scientists cannot answer:

How does something come from nothing?

How does life come from lifelessness?

33 posted on 07/14/2022 5:53:52 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: roving

Lol, I want that countertop!


34 posted on 07/14/2022 6:14:51 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
Maybe. Infinitely large? I've even read that, though I don't see how that's possible!

I don't see how it could NOT be infinitely large. If it's not infinitely large, then it has a shape, which begs the question, "What's outside that shape?" Of course, most of it may be devoid of stars.

35 posted on 07/14/2022 6:23:33 PM PDT by libertylover (Democrats are as determined to kill innocent people as the Nazis.)
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To: LibWhacker

Hopefully, Webb Hubbell finally finds the truth…”is she mine or Bill’s?”


36 posted on 07/14/2022 6:37:58 PM PDT by Hypo2
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To: TexasGator

**The most distant galaxies are traveling away from us faster than the speed of light.**

That’s what I hate, getting t-boned by a galaxie that I couldn’t see coming when I go through an intersection.


37 posted on 07/14/2022 7:05:16 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: TexasGator
The most distant galaxies are traveling away from us faster than the speed of light.

They must have heard about Biden getting elected.

38 posted on 07/14/2022 7:08:21 PM PDT by x
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To: LibWhacker

I know what the speed of light is-but what is the speed of dark?


39 posted on 07/14/2022 7:25:14 PM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: libertylover
What's outside that shape?
The Prime Mover ...
40 posted on 07/14/2022 7:47:29 PM PDT by eastsider
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