I just felt like asking.
2006-11-02 08:41:43 · 13 answers · asked by Lil' D 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
God plainly and simply the answer is God.
The heavens declare the glory of God.
2006-11-02 09:34:07 · answer #1 · answered by Jace 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LONDON (Nov 8, 1996 1:48 p.m. EST) - Scientists searching for one of the fundamental keys to the universe found they had been beaten to the answer by the comic cult novel "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"; and the answer was 42.
In the British novel and radio serial by Douglas Adams, an alien race programs a computer called Deep Thought to provide the ultimate answer to understanding life and the universe.
In the novel, seven and a half million years later Deep Thought comes back with the result - 42.
Astronomers at Britain's Cambridge University took a little less time - three years - to calculate the Hubble Constant that determines the age of the universe. But the answer was the same.
"It caused quite a few laughs when we arrived at the figure 42, because we're all great fans of The Hitchhiker's Guide," Dr. Keith Grange, one of the team of Cambridge scientists who worked on the project, said Friday.
"Everyone thought it was quite fun."
The scientists were using a new technique to determine the value of the Hubble Constant, a source of constant controversy among astronomers. The Constant is a measure of the rate at which galaxies are receding from each other as a result of the Big Bang that created the universe.
Knowing how quickly everything is flying apart can enable scientists to work out the universe's age.
This has presented a problem, since the large Hubble Constant values estimated by some experts would mean that the universe is younger than its oldest stars. The Cambridge team put the age of the universe at between 14 and 16 billion years.
Grange said the answer was unlikely to remain 42, however. The team plans to observe more galaxy clusters and take an average of a larger number of measurements.
"After averaging out all these values we'll have a relatively accurate answer," he said. "It may be 42, but it could be anything between0 and 55."
2006-11-02 08:51:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
42
2006-11-02 08:44:16 · answer #3 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is everyone saying '42'. Am I missing something?
Well here's what i say (i really don't understand what your question is):
The universe is infinite. No one knows if life exists on other planets, nor do they know what lies beyond the universe. It is spectacular.
Well... yeah, my answer is pathetic. Best I could do.
2006-11-02 10:05:39 · answer #4 · answered by lemon drops 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose that it depends on the exact question. Absent further details, "42" is as good an answer as any.
2006-11-02 08:48:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our universe is infinite, which means it has no boundary or edge. It goes on for ever.
2006-11-02 08:54:00 · answer #6 · answered by Kevin H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
42, but what is the question?
2006-11-02 08:49:55 · answer #7 · answered by CuriousK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your mom
j/p, go outside tonight, laydown on the roof and stare at the stars
2006-11-02 08:49:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just is. There is no question. Its not infinite but is expanding. And no there was no godly hand in its creation.
2006-11-02 08:59:38 · answer #9 · answered by patti_felz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All everyone wants is sex, drugs, & rock & roll.
2006-11-02 08:51:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋