My child dream was being an astronomer. Hence I have read a lot about astrophysics, cosmology and planetary science.
The 'consequences' I was alluding to are to do with the red shift effect that can be observed in star light. I have been under the impression that this effect shows galaxies are moving away from one central point in space. However .. I was talking to my father the other day and he reckoned that some scientists believe there isn't a centre to the big bang. I haven't checked up on this yet though..
There is also the question of whether the universe is truly infinite, or just so big that it may as well be infinite. I would opt for the latter although I guess it is not a question that we can truly answer.
Imagine an uninflated balloon. Draw several cycles of wave. Measure the wavelength. Blow the ballon and measure it again. It becomes longer! Hence we said that the wave has been red-shifted as a result of the expansion of space. Of course, if an object is moving very fast away from us (assuming the space is static), the light emitted by the flying object will be red-shifted too. The central point is our sun. The observation is done relative to our sun (or our own galaxy).
Tom has mentioned that all the galaxies are moving away from us because we are becoming an abandoned project. I dont think the speed of galaxies moving from us can be used to tell the progress of collective spirituality on earth. My main arguement is that since the Golden planet is located in this galaxy, then, all the galaxies will be moving away from them too!
Centre, from the astronomy point of view, is the creation of big bang look through the depth of universe, billions light year away from earth.
I am no doubt that the universe is finite in size. When there is a big bang, the concept itself impose a finite size that grows in time. Whether the universe will expand infinitely is very unlikely because atom eventually decays.
"The Spirit was at its centre"
Center here doesn't refer to spatial space. I think it refers to "head". The spirit is the "head" of the universe. Like head of department. London is the center of UK. London directs what is going on the whole UK.
Earth is located on the edge of our solar system. So my theory is that ninth category planets are closer to the centre of our galaxy, and that first category planets are closer to the edge of the galaxy. Yup, I know I am doing statistics on a sample size of 1, but hey that's all I have hehe.
From TP
Suddenly, I broke the silence asking, quite naturally, ‘Where is Earth?’
As if the group had simply been waiting for this question, they all rose together.
Latoli took me in her arms like a child and we went outside. The others led the
way and we followed a wide path that led to the beach. There, on the moist sand
of the shore, Latoli set me down.
Minute by minute, the firmament was illuminated by more stars as though a
giant hand was lighting a chandelier.
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Thao approached me and almost whispered in a voice that was sad and one I
could hardly recognise as hers: ‘do you see those four stars, Michel, just above
the horizon? They almost form a square. The one on the top right is green and
shinier than the others.’
‘Yes, I think that’s it - yes, it forms a square - the green, yes.’
‘Now go to the right of the square and slightly higher. You will see two red stars
quite close together.’
‘Yes.’
‘Keep your eye on the one on the right and go a tiny bit higher. Can you see a
tiny white star? It’s barely visible.’
‘I think so... yes.’
‘And on its left a little higher is a tiny yellow one.’
‘Yes, that’s right.’
‘The tiny white one is the sun which lights up the planet Earth.’
Thats' us make an assumption that our eyes can see a magnitude 6 stars unaided in an optimum condition.
Simple calculation (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_magnitude)
shows that Thiaoouba could be approximately 56 light years away. I think we can see thiaoouba sun from earth too!! Check astronomy chart to see which cluster is about that distance!!
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