Is Earth inside a huge void? 'Sound of Big Bang' hints so
Is Earth inside a huge void? 'Sound of Big Bang' hints so
Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than in neighbouring regions of the universe, ...The Royal Astronomical Society
just_another_person
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in reply to just_another_person • • •Because they are not, in fact, older than the universe. That is literally, definitionally impossible.
The age of objects are derrived from simplified equations that proximate real-world phenomina. They're mathematical models, not absolute facts. When an object appears to be "older than the universe", it can mean many specific things, like the acceleration of the expansion of the universe changes over time when most mathematical models do not account for that. It could mean the object is simply further away than we expect to be able to see. It could mean it's simply traveling away from us in some uniquely fast way.
Basically, it means the mathematical model used to derive how "old" the object is, is likely wrong in some way, or that the measurements taken may have inaccurate results, both of which are absolutely and wholly normal for science. Again, they're mathematical models, based on measured observation, not absolute universal truths. There are many, many, many ways data can both be gathered incorrectly or analyzed incorrectly, not even requiring anyone to make a mistake. Science at the fringe of knowledge is very difficult, and requires rigerous testing and validation before it should be trusted. NEVER trust clickbait BS, especially if it's not directly from a scientist's mouth.
We already know our mathematical models are inaccurate in several ways (see dark matter and dark energy for the obvious ones). We just need to figure out how and why they are wrong.
just_another_person
in reply to MotoAsh • • •Exactly why I mention the RED SHIFT that we use to detect the age of distance between objects visually.
If this article is true, that means we can't rely on red shift to determine the distance or age of anything.
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in reply to MotoAsh • • •Okay, so that's still the same question:
1) this report seems to have evidence of a void
2) redshift observation would be impacted if true
3) ge er gravitational relationships between galaxies would be kind of a huge thing considering our limited view of their
So you're saying this article is all bullshit, or what?
MurrayL
in reply to • • •The pic from the article with candles and ray traced reflections is giving big ‘time cube’/geocities conspiracy theory energy
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