Comments on: Where is the center of the Universe? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: zain http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83953 zain Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:03:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83953 Does time travel at the speed of light Does time travel at the speed of light

]]> By: zain http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83952 zain Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:51:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83952 Isant graverty at the center of everything so why can't we be Isant graverty at the center of everything so why can’t we be

]]> By: zain http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83951 zain Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:44:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83951 Is it posible that if you travel faster than light you would leave space there for reaching its boundrys (sorry my english sucks) Is it posible that if you travel faster than light you would leave space there for reaching its boundrys (sorry my english sucks)

]]> By: Quagmire http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83950 Quagmire Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:33:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83950 I'm with Dave (response #105) Sounds like a cop-out because we can't determine it (yet.) Here's a simpler question: if universe is expanding as time goes on, what happens when we hit the rewind button to go back in time? Since then teh Universe should start coming together, we should theoretically end up in the center of the universe, no? Which would be (according to astronomers) nowhere and everywhere. Hmmm..... I’m with Dave (response #105) Sounds like a cop-out because we can’t determine it (yet.) Here’s a simpler question: if universe is expanding as time goes on, what happens when we hit the rewind button to go back in time? Since then teh Universe should start coming together, we should theoretically end up in the center of the universe, no? Which would be (according to astronomers) nowhere and everywhere. Hmmm…..

]]> By: pam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83949 pam Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83949 love is above all the clouds. and there is no obstacle too great. love can and will overcome them all and reunite you with the priceless treasures of your heart and being and soul. love is above all the clouds. and there is no obstacle too great. love can and will overcome them all and reunite you with the priceless treasures of your heart and being and soul.

]]> By: christian smith jr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83948 christian smith jr Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:26:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83948 can anyone out there in physics land prove to me that a second dimension actually exist? i have a hard time believing that you can. i have never personally observed a two dimensional partical in any sense of reason or practicality. i beleive the second dimension at this point is just an unfounded theory that is a road block to the thought processes of man. let me know if you can prove it exist and then maybe we can have a little debate about the future direction of science as a whole. can anyone out there in physics land prove to me that a second dimension actually exist? i have a hard time believing that you can. i have never personally observed a two dimensional partical in any sense of reason or practicality. i beleive the second dimension at this point is just an unfounded theory that is a road block to the thought processes of man. let me know if you can prove it exist and then maybe we can have a little debate about the future direction of science as a whole.

]]> By: Dave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83947 Dave Wed, 26 May 2010 13:39:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83947 This question is almost always answered incorrectly by astronomers (such as the author of this article) because they base their answer on our perspective of the universe rather than the structure of the universe itself. Since the universe is comprised of measurable space, it does indeed have a center. The problem is astronomers are incapable of determining where that center is. This is because they base their distance calculations solely on observable EMR and red shift. Since all space in the universe is expanding, the red shift will be a constant factor in all directions from any point in the universe. To illustrate, it's sort of like trying to determine where you are within a huge rookery of penguins based on how loud the individual penguins are from your perspective. Being able to determine the relative volume of the penguins can tell you how far away from you each of them is. But their individual distances from you gives you literally no information concerning the center of the rookery. The only way you could find the center is if you could first locate the edge of the rookery. The same problem applies to stars observed from Earth. The only way astronomers could hope to locate the center of the universe would be if they were first able to locate an edge which, to date, no one has found. Claiming that "there is no center of the universe" is merely a cop-out. There is one. We simply have no way of determining where it is due to our limited ability to observe the universe as a whole. This question is almost always answered incorrectly by astronomers (such as the author of this article) because they base their answer on our perspective of the universe rather than the structure of the universe itself. Since the universe is comprised of measurable space, it does indeed have a center. The problem is astronomers are incapable of determining where that center is. This is because they base their distance calculations solely on observable EMR and red shift. Since all space in the universe is expanding, the red shift will be a constant factor in all directions from any point in the universe.
To illustrate, it’s sort of like trying to determine where you are within a huge rookery of penguins based on how loud the individual penguins are from your perspective. Being able to determine the relative volume of the penguins can tell you how far away from you each of them is. But their individual distances from you gives you literally no information concerning the center of the rookery. The only way you could find the center is if you could first locate the edge of the rookery.
The same problem applies to stars observed from Earth. The only way astronomers could hope to locate the center of the universe would be if they were first able to locate an edge which, to date, no one has found. Claiming that “there is no center of the universe” is merely a cop-out. There is one. We simply have no way of determining where it is due to our limited ability to observe the universe as a whole.

]]> By: Dexter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83946 Dexter Thu, 06 May 2010 12:46:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83946 As I see it the bigbang creates space for the expansion, as time goes by the center, (place of the bigbang) is left with no stuff, and the space created collapses to be in a state before the bang ( no space) so the expansion keeps going creating more space and the collapse keeps following behind. So the universe has a thickness being from the no space region thru the space region to the no space region. So the volume of the universe should be this distance X by the surface area of the sphere at the present time. There is no center left as there is no space left at the center, just a memory of what was and everybody thinks they are at the center of expansion. As I see it the bigbang creates space for the expansion, as time goes by the center, (place of the bigbang) is left with no stuff, and the space created collapses to be in a state before the bang ( no space) so the expansion keeps going creating more space and the collapse keeps following behind. So the universe has a thickness being from the no space region thru the space region to the no space region. So the volume of the universe should be this distance X by the surface area of the sphere at the present time. There is no center left as there is no space left at the center, just a memory of what was and everybody thinks they are at the center of expansion.

]]> By: food project http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83945 food project Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:31:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83945 If anyone's still out there, I'm really dying to ask this question. If there's no specific center to the universe (and I generally understand why there isn't), and everything is moving away from everything else at the same speed, why can't we just say that EVERYTHING is the center of the universe? If that's true (and of course, I don't know that it is -- that's why I'm asking), then Cleveland really IS the center of the universe. But so am I. And so are you. Anyone there to answer this? Thanks. If anyone’s still out there, I’m really dying to ask this question. If there’s no specific center to the universe (and I generally understand why there isn’t), and everything is moving away from everything else at the same speed, why can’t we just say that EVERYTHING is the center of the universe? If that’s true (and of course, I don’t know that it is — that’s why I’m asking), then Cleveland really IS the center of the universe. But so am I. And so are you.

Anyone there to answer this? Thanks.

]]> By: Al http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83944 Al Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:31:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-83944 The center of our universe is where the big bang happened and our universe was created; that is if we believe big bang theory is correct. The center of our universe is where the big bang happened and our universe was created; that is if we believe big bang theory is correct.

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