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NASA: Evidence Favors Infinitely Expanding Universe
Chris Gondek writes "The Sydney Morning Herald has a story here about how NASA is expected to announce this week that it has proved the existence of "dark energy," a cosmic force that counteracts gravity and will keep the universe expanding forever. The announcement will effectively demolish the theory that life will be wiped out in a "big crunch" when the universe collapses, and should end decades of academic dispute. Scientists ranging from Stephen Hawking, the Cambridge University physicist, to Albert Einstein, have argued that the universe eventually will stop expanding and then implode under the force of gravity, destroying all life. The Chicago Sun Times has also got some info."
but my money is on Hawking and Einstein, and not only because they had a handle on the metric system.
Dammit. Now I'm going to be able to feel my atoms growing farther apart all week.
So the universe won't be wiped out by a big crunch.
What a relief. I was worried.
The universe will be wiped out by the heat death of the universe instead.
(Or am I incorrect in my understanding?)
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So all that money that I spent on "Big Crunch" insurance is going to waste?
-Valiss
I'm watching for coverage of the actual event in the Chicago White Dwarf Times.
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
Thus finally allowing Mickey Mouse to pass into the public domain.
You have to understand the era he grew up in to adequately answer this question. Mr. Crosby was a free-loving man and often bedded many of his attractive female co-stars.
He was a very good crooner.
This is how, not "The", but many, Bing Bangs happened.
Mordor...a magical, mythical land where women are more rare than dragons--but where every man would rather find a dragon
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
This is true... unless there is another mechanism that transforms some of the dark energy back to normal matter. This could result in a classic steady state model.
"Let there be light"
-- If god wanted me to have a sig, he'd have given me a sense of humor.
> Whew! That's a relief!
Reminds me of the story of the student of cosmology who frantically waved his hand until the annoyed professor finally called on him.
"Professor, would you mind repeating what you just said about the end of the universe?"
"I said that according to recent estimates it would take place in about 200 billion years."
"Oh, thank God, you really had me worried there for a minute! I though you said million!
How the hell can they predict what the universe is going to do in trillions of years, but I can't get an accurate weather forcast for the next 24 hours??
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Is it called the "Bing Bang" or the "Big Band"?