Astronomy & Space - August 2006

Is is said that the universe is currently expanding both in space and time but how do we know that the universe is not currently collapsing, since the collapse of time, would mean that everything would be in reverse. Ourselves, standing at any point in time would not be able to perceive the collapse of the universe because we would think that we are moving forward in time only because we remembered our transition from past to present.

2006-08-08 20:20:42 · 7 answers · asked by Alfer 2

2006-08-08 19:52:55 · 18 answers · asked by Marilyn Monroe 2

2006-08-08 19:13:13 · 18 answers · asked by confused 2

I mean, does it have an outer "wall"? If so, what defines that wall?

2006-08-08 19:06:39 · 17 answers · asked by angelonavaro 1

2006-08-08 18:27:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

In Hollywood movies, the full moon is always depicted as being absolutely huge: taking up a massive proportion of the screen, looking big enough to touch, and you are able to see clearly individual craters on it.

Is the moon really that big in the northern hemisphere, or is this a film studio convention?

If it is that big, why does it look so big and close in the northern hemisphere?

2006-08-08 18:03:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

During the inflationary period of the big expansion, the universe expanded faster than speed of light.

If so, did time "flow" backwards during the inflationary period?

If that's so, what 's the implications of time flowing backwards?

2006-08-08 17:59:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-08 17:32:31 · 20 answers · asked by jacksparrow 1

2006-08-08 16:39:12 · 18 answers · asked by ERIC F 1

I'm curious about people living on the moons and planets in our solar system and how would they survive.

2006-08-08 15:52:41 · 587 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to know some information about the biggest and smallest known star,please.

2006-08-08 15:50:17 · 7 answers · asked by meno25 2

2006-08-08 15:44:50 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

if I see the big dipper from my front porch one night at 10PM, and it's about 60 degrees above the horizon, should I expect to see it at 10PM the next night at about 60 degrees above the horizon, also?

2006-08-08 15:23:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-08 15:23:12 · 1 answers · asked by D B 4

Scientists have said it is more a matter of location in time than in space, but shouldn't it have had a physical origin point? If not, why not? If so, about where did it happen?

2006-08-08 15:17:47 · 12 answers · asked by jxt299 7

2006-08-08 15:04:55 · 14 answers · asked by D B 4

2006-08-08 14:58:41 · 4 answers · asked by red_bud 1

Why not all in a few seconds like an H-bomb?

2006-08-08 14:08:42 · 10 answers · asked by fresh2 4

2006-08-08 13:32:03 · 24 answers · asked by THINKER 2

2006-08-08 13:31:02 · 18 answers · asked by cooker12555 1

Besides the answer "you would die" what events would lead up to death?

2006-08-08 12:50:57 · 26 answers · asked by diggy_dawg 2

if a star is say million's of light years away, how do they know it hasnt got oxygen, water an atmosphere etc, cant see much in a telescope can they?

2006-08-08 12:43:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-08 12:39:13 · 9 answers · asked by whispernikki 4

2006-08-08 12:20:48 · 5 answers · asked by aggies_2011 2

I've been told that outer space is just vacuum but we see explosions in space in films or are they just fantasy

2006-08-08 11:38:38 · 8 answers · asked by Iyaologi 1

I've been questioning the validity of such a claim for the past two days. Many people have insulted my intelligence and asked me why I didn't read what some Scientist's websight said. Well, I'll tell you that I did, and that's where the problem started.

I've always found it odd how there could be so much fact and so many equasions and so much information based on studying Filter #3 from telescope images. I've gotten to the point where I don't believe anything that science decrees that I can't do the math for in my own head. Much like anything else, I aknowledge that there is eventually a point where the Universe's complexity will leave me in it's wake, but I seriously doubt that it will start at a place beyond where I predicted.

I spent the past 48 hours being ridiculed by people that think I am stupid for saying a Black Hole is a collapsed star. Most of them are obviously convinced that Science is a collection of LAWS, not theories. I don't doubt all I read, just the outlandish.

2006-08-08 11:35:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just a silly wondering - if the Moon suddenly disappeared, would it have any negative effects on the earth? Would it throw off our orbit, cause tidal waves, other effects?

2006-08-08 11:29:59 · 21 answers · asked by LisaT 5

2006-08-08 11:21:48 · 11 answers · asked by Clueless In Ohio 1

Even with advanced technology millions of years in the future if time travel was possible someone would have travelled back and told us. Still leaves travelling to the future i suppose.

2006-08-08 11:19:19 · 25 answers · asked by Gray 3

All the theorists who believe 'The Big Bang' was the beginning of everything and that all matter in the universe came from it, this gigantic star that must have stood alone in an endless void, must have had a birth in itself. Where did all the materials it was made of come from? How long did it stand alone for? Was it moving ? It doesn't make any sense. Time must be infinite, no end or beginning, it's like the chicken & the egg. The Universe we know is without doubt the result of one giant object exploding, indeed still spreading out today, but logically one of many such explosions in a void that is without a start, without an end, without boundaries. The more your head hurts trying to fathom it all out it makes you realize why so many choose Religion instead ah! ah! ps. Love to hear others views.

2006-08-08 10:49:27 · 15 answers · asked by Gray 3