The age of the universe

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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https://news.northwestern.edu/stori...explain-mysterious-brightness-at-cosmic-dawn/
When scientists viewed the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) first images of the universe’s earliest galaxies, they were shocked. The young galaxies appeared too bright, too massive and too mature to have formed so soon after the Big Bang. It would be like an infant growing into an adult within just a couple years.

The startling discovery even caused some physicists to question the standard model of cosmology, wondering whether or not it should be upended.

Using new simulations, a Northwestern University-led team of astrophysicists now has discovered that these galaxies likely are not so massive after all. Although a galaxy’s brightness is typically determined by its mass, the new findings suggest that less massive galaxies can glow just as brightly from irregular, brilliant bursts of star formation.
 

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cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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LowQCab

Joined Nov 6, 2012
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The Earth is simply changing it's alignment with the center of our Galaxy.
This allows a more direct impingement of certain, much higher, "Frequencies" to reach Earth.
This is a completely normal ~6000-year cycle, and is well documented.

It's all good, really,
but change scares people,
and there will always be some kind of a Fear-Monger trying to make a Buck off of that fear,
and, of course,
there will always be a certain percentage of the population that perpetually lives in fear,
no matter what You do or say.

Get ready mentally to have you're entire reality smashed.
Some people won't be able to deal with it,
even though it is happening very slowly,
and there's nothing, absolutely zero,
that You can do about those people's reactions,
and You have no obligation to do or say anything,
so You might as well start getting used to the idea,
and let them go without all the usual drama.
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MrAl

Joined Jun 17, 2014
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We can dream...

Imagine a future where we don't think about every friggin possible way the universe could end, and along the way make up stuff.

For example, imagine a future where the universe develops a mouth then eats itself, then throws up, then eats itself again, then throws up again, etc., etc. AKA, the Barfing Universe. It comes from drinking too much imagination.
 

MrAl

Joined Jun 17, 2014
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I was built weird.

I've never dreamt of how things might end, but of how promising a never-ending future could be.

Edit: Just think of the killing you could make with compound interest (hat tip: Douglas Adams).
Hi,

Yes, and that is what differentiates us from the negative thinkers. We know that most of the time it makes more logical sense to think of how to improve things rather than think about how bad they might become when we know there is no way to control everything.

As with anything else, it takes a little intelligence to know about these things, and that intelligence has to be high enough to be able to trump biases. The lack of that I believe is the base reason why we have wars.
 

ApacheKid

Joined Jan 12, 2015
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This composition by the incredibly gifted Toru Takemitsu, is IMHO the most focused music that conveys the magnitude and awe of our universe.

 

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cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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MrAl

Joined Jun 17, 2014
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Isn't it amazing that the light from that system is just now being seen, so, so, so many years ago it's just unfathomable how this happens aside from the theories of light.
Maybe this gives a strong justification for having to integrate some things toward infinite distance when they involve a field that is not in any way confined.

This is also another throwback to common experiences with light. When we shine a flashlight the light seems to 'end' somewhere out in the distance, but if it does not strike anything it could possibly be seen by someone on the moon or even farther out there in deep space. Our common experience though, again misleading, tells us it ends somewhere because it fades out more and more as it travels out farther and farther.
 
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