I refer you to the Intergalactic Nightsoil Control Department on that one Orn!
On 27 Jan, 04:30, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't forget to sweep out the droppings from the Dog Star! > > On Jan 26, 6:32 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In the shipyards we used to say 'the job's gone ratchet' - I'm quite > > sure much of this physics has. There wasn't much point in speaking to > > you 13.7 billion years back Slip - that was the 'deaf age'. I'll get > > the lads due to repaint Orion's Belt to spread a dust-sheet between > > Centaurus and Vela on their next shift. Sorry about the mess old > > chap. > > > On 26 Jan, 22:52, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm beginning to wonder if dollars might be better spent on getting > > > Kashlinsky and his colleagues something more constructive to do. It > > > seems they just have too much time on their hands. And for what end > > > purpose do we use this information that in all actuality I could have > > > told you about should you had simply asked, besides I tried to tell > > > everyone about it 13.7 billion years ago but no one would listen. I > > > was the first to forecast the inflation concept but when I mentioned > > > dark flow they just thought I was talking about crude oil and it's > > > affect on inflation. It was exhausting and so I had finally succumbed > > > to the Szzzz effect. Oh and by the way please tell them to close the > > > window, the space dust is getting in. {;-] > > > > On Jan 25, 3:26 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The universe is unimaginably vast. But not for cosmologists. They feel > > > > decidedly hemmed in. No matter how big they build their telescopes, > > > > they can only see so far before hitting a wall. Approximately 45 > > > > billion light years away lies the cosmic horizon, the ultimate barrier > > > > because light beyond it not has not had time to reach us. One needs > > > > something of a calculation here as we think the universe is only 13 - > > > > 16 billion years old - and there is one that works. So, stuck inside > > > > our patch of universe, wondering what lies beyond and resigned to that > > > > fact we may never know, the best we can hope for, through some > > > > combination of luck and vigilance, is to spot a crack in the structure > > > > of things, a possible window to that hidden place beyond the edge of > > > > the universe. Now Sasha Kashlinsky believes he has stumbled upon such > > > > a window. > > > > > Kashlinsky, a senior staff scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight > > > > Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has been studying how rebellious > > > > clusters of galaxies move against the backdrop of expanding space. He > > > > and colleagues have clocked galaxy clusters racing at up to 1000 > > > > kilometres per second - far faster than our best understanding of > > > > cosmology allows. Stranger still, every cluster seems to be rushing > > > > toward a small patch of sky between the constellations of Centaurus > > > > and Vela. This may be a window on what lies beyond the universe and > > > > new explanations of dark flow, with something beyond what we have ever > > > > seen being responsible. One might tell more, but small minds might be > > > > corrupted ...- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
