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Re: closure of the universe
Posted By: PhilDate: 9/30/02 9:56 a.m.

In Response To: Re: closure of the universe (Steve Levinson)

:all evidence to date has suggested a flat universe that will expand indefinitely, with all matter eventually decaying into nothingness.

To the best of my understanding, this is more or less correct. Modern observations of the changing red shifts of neighboring galaxies suggests that the universe is actually speeding up the further out it gets. Recent theories suggest that a large amount of "Dark Matter" out near the farthest edges of the universe will ensure that the universe will expand indefinitely into darkness, eventually exhausting all it's fuel, rather than collapsing back in on itself. So, I guess the world will end not with a bang, but a whimper.

-Phil.

NASA's take on our expanding Universe.


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closure of the universeAgent Shem 9/29/02 12:16 p.m.
     Re: closure of the universeLord Xeen 9/29/02 2:39 p.m.
           Re: closure of the universemillionmice 9/29/02 3:19 p.m.
                 Re: closure of the universeSean 9/29/02 8:16 p.m.
                       Re: closure of the universemillionmice 9/29/02 8:48 p.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeSisgmund 9/29/02 10:27 p.m.
                                   Re: closure of the universemillionmice 9/29/02 11:07 p.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeYossarian 9/30/02 1:12 a.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeSteve Levinson 9/30/02 7:58 a.m.
                                   Re: closure of the universePhil 9/30/02 9:56 a.m.
                                   Re: closure of the universemillionmice 10/1/02 12:42 a.m.
           Re: closure of the universeD-M.A. 9/30/02 7:52 a.m.
                 Re: closure of the universeTru7h 9/30/02 2:19 p.m.
                       Re: closure of the universemillionmice 10/1/02 12:51 a.m.
                             Re: closure of the universedarakat 10/1/02 4:09 a.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeYossarian 10/1/02 8:46 p.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeTru7h 10/2/02 6:05 p.m.
                                   Re: closure of the universeAgent Shem 10/3/02 6:27 a.m.
                       Re: closure of the universeD-M.A. 10/1/02 11:28 p.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeSteve Levinson 10/2/02 8:31 a.m.
                                   Re: closure of the universemillionmice 10/2/02 5:03 p.m.
                                   Re: closure of the universeD-M.A. 10/3/02 12:06 a.m.
                                         Re: closure of the universeTru7h 10/3/02 3:06 p.m.
                                               Re: closure of the universeD-M.A. 10/4/02 12:15 a.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeTru7h 10/2/02 6:00 p.m.
     Re: closure of the universeScifiteki 9/29/02 7:02 p.m.



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