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Interesting, however if the supernovae are 30% closer isn't this the same as them being approx 30% fainter, upon which the theory of dark energy is based. In other words it was assumed that because these "standard candles" appeared approx. 30% fainter than expected then they must be further away tha...

As a little afterthought.

Should it be "speed" of light rather than velocity.

Velocity may actually vary.

I propose that gravitational fields influence, if not provide, the means of the propagation of light, and that a gravitational field acts as a vibrating medium for light. So you are suggestting that both relativity and quantum physics are completely incorrect. How would this then fit in with your t...

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Its just a revisit to the old neutrino problem....when you measure the speed of a neutrino it appears to travel faster then light....this has been done many times and always brings the same result. The margin for error however means that the innacuracy of the measurement would allow it to actually f...

rcurrell wrote:
If one looks for Divine Acts alone, one would never see them through the Physical Processes. If one looks for Physical Processes alone, one would never see the Divine Acts behind them.

Ah !

The old wave / particle duallity theory.

I actually understand this.

The State of the Universe Ronald G. Currell The Universe is open. The acceleration of the expansion of the Universe is so huge that the Universe can never be overcome by the gravitational attraction of all the various kinds of matter in the Universe. The Universe can never collapse into itself. Mayb...

Is it just me or is something missing from this question.

Back to the original question ! So as we all know, as we approach the speed of light, time slows down... Actually it doesn't slow down, it just appears to slow down. Consider a clock in front of you ticking away in time with your wrist watch. You look at your watch and then at the clock and they are...

M54 wrote:
What's the problem with the universe being infinite?
Makes sense for it to be so.

It makes no sense for the universe to be infinite.
Think of the consequences of this.

You said the Universe is mathematically flat. Prove it. Show me your mathematical proof for your conclusion. It is not sufficient to quote others. Show me your line by line proof of this or your mathematical reasons for your hypothesis. David. This may help. Proof that the universe is mathematicall...

Below,...Everything you wanted to know about the sun but were afraid to ask.

http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/qa_sun.html

Does that mean in that scenario that the whole Universe is very old perhaps infinitely old? But I presume nobody is claiming that they actually know the answer to this question in a factual sense. I know the answer and it is NO ! Does that also mean that in this scenario the whole universe is infin...

I happen to have a German son-in-law with a doctorate in quantum mechanics......He assured me that there's no concrete evidence yet for the existence of virtual particles and antimatter. Antimatter has been seen to exist since the 1930's in the case of the positron, the evidence for this is as conc...

According to Hawkins: "the mass of an object traveling at 10% of the speed of light is roughly 0.5% 'more' than it is at rest, and traveling at 90% of the speed of light its mass has more than doubled" He is wrong...mass does not increase.....it just appears to as our means of measuring mass are af...