Where Is the Center of the Universe? (Ask an Astronomer)
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Everything has a center, now go back to the lab and tell me where the god damn center is
atista007 5 days ago
How did all the gases come together to make galaxies if all things were moving away from each other at the speed of light,or faster, in this giant expansion?Gases don't produce gravity only solid bodies do,so that destroys that.
CBALLEN 6 days ago
Even with a balloon it still has a center in the center of the balloon,a ball has a center within th ball,a golf ball has a center no matter how many layers are put on it.Dose not a circle have a center? We make a circle with a compass.
CBALLEN 6 days ago
@Xellith Thanks! That's pretty much what my answer would be, but still "Expansion" shows that all Galaxies are flying away from each other yet paradoxically Galaxies are constantly colliding. That's a sheer contradiction! I think you are right about Gravity's effect, yet Astronomers all say that Galaxies are all flying away from each other. Can BOTH of these observations be correct? Hmmm...
randy95023 3 weeks ago
@randy95023 As far as I understand it - gravity has pretty much thrown everything around everything else. An example of this would be stars flying around the galactic center, planets flying around. Galaxies even orbit each other. I believe the Milky Way has 5 dwarf galaxies near/in it atm. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Id rather be pointed out wrong than someone get some inaccurate information.
Xellith 3 weeks ago
I'm probably making a rookie mistake in logic, but... If everything "blasted" away from a singularity in the Big Bang, and the Universe is still expanding at high speed, HOW can Galaxies collide with one another at right angles?? I'm obviously a Layman asking a simple question. Can someone please answer?
Thanks, Randy
randy95023 4 weeks ago
I am the center of the universe! LOL just kidding.
bandet888 1 month ago
How do we really know all the galaxies are moving further away. Do they actualy look smaller and smaller the next time we see it or is it because the further galaxies are more red indicating a light dopler effect indicating they're moving away? Maybe the frequency of light just changes after traveling a long distant. I'm not a scientist I'm just wondering. You'll have to excuse me if my comment seems dumb.
bandet888 1 month ago
@GeorgeNada1 (contin...) First, you must understand that if The Big Bang is true, it's not as if it would have sprouted fully formed galaxies like a cat giving birth. And, certainly not every galaxy would form at the same time. So, some galaxies would form over time far enough away from others that they are not caught in the each other's gravitational pull, and continue in the direction they were moving. Others would develop too closely to escape eachother--like our galaxy.
TheGlassDot 2 months ago
@GeorgeNada1 Gravitational pull overcomes the pull of expansion.
Now, you might wonder, why didn't gravity take over right away?
Well, think of an example like this: When you roll a ball up an incline, your initial push overcomes gravity for a period of time. Then gravity overcomes the force of your push, and pulls the ball back down. This would be our example for two galaxies first expanding, and then colliding. But, why does this not happen for every galaxy? (contin....)
TheGlassDot 2 months ago