2006-08-25 04:45:55 · 14 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
If so then the recession velocities would be relative to what?
2006-08-25 04:53:20 · update #1
Note the average number of Calaxies were calculated to be one trillion?
2006-08-25 04:55:07 · update #2
Each Galaxy has its own center of mass?
2006-08-25 05:33:58 · update #3
Why would you assume that? The milky way is just a galaxy, not the universe.
Think of it this way:
A grain of sand represents our solar system (the sun, earth, mercury, jupiter and the rest of the gang). The beach represents the milky way. the planet Earth would then still be insufficient to represent the universe and all of it's "beaches".
2006-08-25 04:49:32 · answer #1 · answered by Manny 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, The Milky Way is the galaxy that our solar system is a part of.
There are other galaxies that are much older than ours, The Big Bang was at the center of everything, in fact all matter was compressed into about the size of a baseball before exploding outward and expanding forever?????
2006-08-25 11:50:02 · answer #2 · answered by jimbo_wizard 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the Milky Way is just one of many billions of Galaxies; the center of the Milky Way is not special in any way.
The alternate answer is "Yes, because the Big Bang happened everywhere", but that's getting a little advanced perhaps.
2006-08-25 11:48:24 · answer #3 · answered by Zhimbo 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
each galaxie DOES have a center of mass, just like the sun to our galaxie. The location of the Big Bang is probably the same for the Big Crunch, the galaxies are running to that location actually.
2006-08-25 15:20:52 · answer #4 · answered by dieliebe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies thrown about from the theoretical big bang. Is the center known, well maybe, depends what laws you believe in and use.
2006-08-25 11:49:11 · answer #5 · answered by JoeP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and no, at the time of the big bang, supposedly, all matter and space were in one place, then space expanded. So technically, the big bang occured everywhere, and we are still in the place.
The big bang is a very make-shift theory. It was though up for one reason, to explain away a apparent contridiction in the scientific laws of thermodynamics, which I believe was asked by the religious community objecting to the laws of thermodynamics as opposing the biblical view of creation.
If matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed, and has been around forever, then why hasn't the entire universe run down by now because of entropy?
Personally, I think the big bang theory is a sucky theory.
2006-08-25 12:26:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
One of the supposed proofs of the Big Bang theory is that there is a region in the sky that seems to emit more x-rays than any other. It is in this direction that the Big Bang is thought to have occurred. No, it is not the center of our Galaxy... nor is it even at the center of our local cluster of galaxies.
Personally, I think the Big Bang theory is the scientists version of God. There seems a human need to put a beginning on things. I think in time we will actually move away from the Big Bang to the steady state theory of creation.
2006-08-25 11:57:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No,we ARE in the milky way,the milky way is a galaxy,with hundreds of billions of stars in it alone,and there are an estimated 500 million other GALAXIES...that's a lot of stars.Some sort of explosion sent all this gas and rubble spinning,but nobody knows where it originated.
2006-08-25 11:51:19 · answer #8 · answered by aries4272 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, at the center of the Universe which you may define as the point from which the galaxies are escaping.
2006-08-25 11:49:44 · answer #9 · answered by helene_thygesen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the location could not be determined as there were no reference points to determine it.
2006-08-25 11:49:15 · answer #10 · answered by Saber 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋