This is a debate I had with my co-workers. At first I thought they were messing around, but it turns out they were really serious. They thought that the universe was growing because of all the new planets, constellations, stars, and whatnot that have been discovered recently. They also claimed that science says certain galaxies are now further away from each other than they used to be. It was my contention that the universe isn't really growing; but that it is our understanding and ability to measure such things that is doing the growing. After all, Copernicus couldn't see nearly as much of space as we. I don't believe that space can actually grow ( I personally think it is infinite), but I do believe that we haven't nearly begun to discover what's out there.
2007-07-27
02:47:09
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