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Comment on: How can the rate at which the universe is expanding accelerate?

Bigthink — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:16:28 +0100

This is an open question in physics.

Perhaps there is some sort of fundamental force even weaker than gravity, only able to manifest itself at tremendously large distances, that causes matter to repel itself. A sort of anti-gravity, if you will.

It's not entirely unreasonable; after all, the weak nuclear force only manifests itself on the scale of a few femtometers. But the addition of an extra force would probably require significant revisions to string theory.

Comment on: How can the rate at which the universe is expanding accelerate?

Bigthink — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:47:13 +0100

Its not that light isn't a good measuring tool anymore, it is that light, when determining something like universal expansion, can be distorted by large gravitational forces. Light itself is still good for measuring distances, just not ones on a niversal scale. So really we don't know if the expansion of the universe is accelerating.

Comment on: How can the rate at which the universe is expanding accelerate?

Bigthink — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:43:24 +0100

Roakes,

I've studied astronomy and astrology for about three years now. And i've found similar questions and patters asked with these anomalies; the Fibonacci sequenceand logarithmic spiral, and pi. (All never ending patterns)

Check out the Pineal gland (in the brain) that is responsible for melatonin production in the conscious mind, as well as the chemical Dimethyltryptamine or DMT in the subconscious. From what i've heard, our Pineal Gland is seat of the soul" and our gateway into any of the 11 KNOWN dimensions! Much like the Buddhist idea of activating the 7 chakra's, the last being the pineal gland. Pretty amazing stuff.

Comment on: How can the rate at which the universe is expanding accelerate?

Bigthink — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:07:05 +0100

oops, thats already been said... sorry...

jesse... the 4th dimension is time i believe...

Comment on: How can the rate at which the universe is expanding accelerate?

Bigthink — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:05:48 +0100

remember that we don't really understand Dark Matter, or Dark Energy... that could be a factor...

Comment on: How can the rate at which the universe is expanding accelerate?

Bigthink — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:40:38 +0100

acclerating fast than we thought that it should, or from observed and accurate measurments of the recent past accelrating?

we're also thinking in 3 dimensions- which may very well be the way that it isnt

CRAZY HYPOTHETICAL
- what if the big band happened in throbs rather than one large exlosions, for instance layer upone layer blew away of what the universe was originally composed of

also we cant trust the speed of light as a measuring tool anymore-

Comment on: How can the rate at which the universe is expanding accelerate?

Bigthink — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:37:53 +0100

No "new release of energy" is required. If you accept that dark-matter and -energy have not yet been built into the explanation, it is easy to understand that the model of our universe is more complex than the mere slow-down of outgoing fragments from an 'explosion'.

Comment on: How can the rate at which the universe is expanding accelerate?

Bigthink — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:36:01 +0100

Thanks HZ

When thinking it through it is easy to think that there must be a force pulling matter away from the centre.

How that would work, I have no idea.

Comment on: How can the rate at which the universe is expanding accelerate?

Bigthink — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:35:21 +0100

Just a thought, but perhaps it is more than the abscence of friction. Perhaps the vacuum is more active than we think. Perhaps the nothingness that surrounds our universe is actively 'stretching' us out.

Just spit ballin'.