I know there's quite a few posters on here who are interested in matters of the cosmos, so I thought I'd start a thread to keep us all together.
Im currently watching a documentary on dark matter, a subject that I find fascinating. The latest theory seems to be that it is comprised from a particle called wimps, meaning weakly interacting massive particles. Given that the universe is made up of 84% dark matter, this reasearch is extremely important. I've been trying to understand all this sort of stuff by reading books on quantum physics and theoretical physics, but I have to say I'm no further forward on the subject.
What excites me the most is that the endless scope for speculation is absolutely absolute.
I don't mean this thread to be just about dark matter when there's so many other exiting things happening right now like the possibility of a 9th planet and the discovery of a possible earth like planet orbiting our nearest star.
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Thread: The Universe
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10-04-2017 10:40 PM #1
The Universe
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13-04-2017 09:33 PM #2
Maybe not then
come on there's been stuff on the news about Enceladus tonight. Someone must be as excited about that as me.
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14-04-2017 07:54 AM #3
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There was a programme on BBC 4 the other night about travelling to Mars and all the pros and cons. That was interesting.
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14-04-2017 11:12 AM #6
Looks like Enceladus is likely to have microbial life under the ice sheet as there's now confident heat vents exist in the ocean beneath, this is what's causing the eruptions from the surface. Whilst not exactly ET as we would expect it, it just shows how incredible common "life" might be on other worlds. My Physics teacher always told us we'd find life or evidence of it on another world within our lifetimes and looks like he was right! Although he also said Betelgeuse would go supernova in our lifetime too (highly unlikely but it could happen tomorrow theoretically!). 1 out of 2 ain't bad I suppose.
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17-04-2017 11:24 AM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit...bangrev1.shtml
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17-04-2017 02:26 PM #16
Started as one single atom that contained all the matter that we now have in the universe. If you've got Netflix I suggest you watch the 13 episode series "Cosmos". I watched it recently and found it fascinating, I'm now watching it again with my 8 year old and he loves it.
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When I said ok then, who create God? her answer was god is all powerful and created himself I can see her logic.
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17-04-2017 03:33 PM #21
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Im going to see professor Brian Cox in a couple of months. I love all this stuff, struggle to understand a lot of it though. The recent stargazing live was interesting.
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https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/a-mathematical-proof-that-the-universe-could-have-formed-spontaneously-from-nothing-ed7ed0f304a3
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17-04-2017 05:53 PM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteNo Eternal Reward Shall Forgive Us Now For Wasting The Dawn
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17-04-2017 07:38 PM #25
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It's complicated.
Maybe a tale from folk lore could explain it better.Space to let
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I have been trying to reply to this for ages but keep deleting my post as it doesn't even make sense to me :-)
If we are expanding , we will eventually contract back to where it all began .
Will it happen again and again and again ?No Eternal Reward Shall Forgive Us Now For Wasting The Dawn
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Love reading the dark matter stuff. Can't remember where now but they are coming to the end of a 5 year study. which they say has new findings but they want to correlate all the data before realising. sure it's this year they have said the study is coming out.
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17-04-2017 09:47 PM #28
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Thats my understanding of what's going to happen, but obviously I have a limited understanding of these things
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17-04-2017 10:07 PM #30
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Is the universe expanding in 2D, 3D or even 4 or beyond D?
Is D something beyond our limited dimensional thinking?
Are we a universe inside another universe inside a universe like a Russian doll?
Or is our universe a speck of dust floating in the air of a planet in a solar system in a universe.
Or ...Space to let
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