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How Galaxies Are Disappearing From Our Universe

Posted by Soulskill on from the really-big-cloaking-devices dept.

StartsWithABang writes: You've heard of dark energy before, and you know that it causes the expansion of our Universe to be accelerating. Instead of slowing down, distant galaxies are speeding up in their recession from us, rendering them unreachable from our point of view. But even though we can't see the light emitted from them today, we can still see the galaxies themselves! This article explains how this works, how no information gets lost, and what it means for the Big Bang.

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  1. Save the Galaxies! by vortex2.71 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am personally doing my part to conserve galaxies and I hope that all of you are too. Please, please, please help do your part to conserve this valuable resource before it is too late. Not just for today because it's Universe Day, but for life.

    1. Re:Save the Galaxies! by Livius · · Score: 4, Funny

      100 000 000 000 should be enough galaxies for anyone.

  2. Re:Pretty simple, really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This should be modded funny not interesting, seriously people (who have mod points)