Comments on: Where is the center of the Universe? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:06:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gravity Off Please http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/comment-page-2/#comment-222342 Gravity Off Please Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:38:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-222342 Contemplating the center of the universe is a bit like fireflies in a jar contemplating firefly life as it pertains to the jar. Perspective is key. What is the relevance of consciousness as it pertains to infinity? Are the biocentric theories of the universe worthy of consideration or diversionary? Contemplating the center of the universe is a bit like fireflies in a jar contemplating firefly life as it pertains to the jar. Perspective is key. What is the relevance of consciousness as it pertains to infinity? Are the biocentric theories of the universe worthy of consideration or diversionary?

]]> By: Jenny http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/comment-page-2/#comment-211287 Jenny Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:34:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-211287 I have heard that Philo il is thew center of the universe I have heard that Philo il is thew center of the universe

]]> By: Tim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/comment-page-2/#comment-209666 Tim Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:23:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-209666 To a layman like me, it would seem simple to know where the center lies based on the direction everything is moving. The problem is that no matter where you are in the universe, space & time is moving away at the same rate. The strange paradox is that by moving to the other side of a distant galaxy, it would still be moving away at the same rate because I would be expanding on the "balloon" of space. It's really quite simple....there is no center. The fact that galaxies cross and collide might be explained that the two galaxies become gravatationally attracted as they expand together, ultimately uniting as one. Perhaps oneday we'll know the parameters of our universe and come up with a theoretical center. To a layman like me, it would seem simple to know where the center lies based on the direction everything is moving. The problem is that no matter where you are in the universe, space & time is moving away at the same rate. The strange paradox is that by moving to the other side of a distant galaxy, it would still be moving away at the same rate because I would be expanding on the “balloon” of space.
It’s really quite simple….there is no center. The fact that galaxies cross and collide might be explained that the two galaxies become gravatationally attracted as they expand together, ultimately uniting as one. Perhaps oneday we’ll know the parameters of our universe and come up with a theoretical center.

]]> By: Bob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/comment-page-2/#comment-208655 Bob Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:16:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-208655 Maybe it should not be called the " Center either " maybe it should be called the " Starting Point " since there is disagreement on the rate of expansion since some Galaxies cross each other! Maybe it should not be called the ” Center either ” maybe it should be called the ” Starting Point ” since there is disagreement on the rate of expansion since some Galaxies cross each other!

]]> By: Bob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/comment-page-2/#comment-208646 Bob Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:32:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-208646 If you listen to Nassim Haramein he blows up the Loaf and balloon theories. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction correct? So if the Universe is a Balloon then where is the air that is filling the Balloon coming from? Same with the loaf of bread. Where is the heat coming from? It must be a large oven right? If you listen to Nassim Haramein he blows up the Loaf and balloon theories. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction correct? So if the Universe is a Balloon then where is the air that is filling the Balloon coming from? Same with the loaf of bread. Where is the heat coming from? It must be a large oven right?

]]> By: Ralph http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/comment-page-2/#comment-188937 Ralph Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:49:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-188937 If, in fact, the universe is expanding simultaneously in EVERY direction, how then or why then do we see Galaxies occasionally intersecting with each other? If, in fact, the universe is expanding simultaneously in EVERY direction, how then or why then do we see Galaxies occasionally intersecting with each other?

]]> By: Valjoker http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/comment-page-2/#comment-186082 Valjoker Mon, 25 May 2009 22:12:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/where-is-the-center-of-the-universe/#comment-186082 What if the center of the balloon was to to be imagined as the beginning of time. With the edge of the balloon (space) traveling uniformly from the center (beginning of time). So everything (space) is traveling outwards and away from that central point (time). So the universe expands in proportion to the amount of time that passes. Then one could argue that the big bang wasnt an explosion of space but an explosion of time and that time had the power to move space. What if the center of the balloon was to to be imagined as the beginning of time. With the edge of the balloon (space) traveling uniformly from the center (beginning of time). So everything (space) is traveling outwards and away from that central point (time). So the universe expands in proportion to the amount of time that passes.

Then one could argue that the big bang wasnt an explosion of space but an explosion of time and that time had the power to move space.

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