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DonGlock26
11-16-2012, 08:19 AM
Farthest-known galaxy in the universe found, scientists say

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/11/16/farthest-known-galaxy-in-universe-discovered/?intcmp=features#ixzz2COJpHruX

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A new celestial wonder has stolen the title of most distant object ever seen in the universe, astronomers report.
The new record holder is the galaxy MACS0647-JD (http://www.space.com/18493-most-distant-galaxy-new-candidate-found-video.html)http://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png, which is about 13.3 billion light-years away. The universe itself is only 13.7 billion years old, so this galaxy's light has been traveling toward us for almost the whole history of space and time (http://www.space.com/52-the-expanding-universe-from-the-big-bang-to-today.html)http://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/11/16/farthest-known-galaxy-in-universe-discovered/?intcmp=features#ixzz2COJpHruX

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/11/16/farthest-known-galaxy-in-universe-discovered/?intcmp=features

Conley
11-16-2012, 10:06 AM
It blows my mind that by looking far enough away, we can also be looking back in time...pretty cool stuff. We may never have a time machine but just being able to see what happened 13.3 billion years ago is amazing.

Chris
11-16-2012, 10:09 AM
The universe itself is only 13.7 billion years old, so this galaxy's light has been traveling toward us for almost the whole history of space and time.y

Fast as light travels it still takes time to reach us in our expanding universe.

truthmatters
11-16-2012, 12:34 PM
proof sceince is far more reliable than religion

Carygrant
11-16-2012, 03:59 PM
Got that one wrong . Thought it was Texarse or Virginia .

Peter1469
11-16-2012, 06:32 PM
proof sceince is far more reliable than religion

Wrong, they answer different questions.....

Chris
11-16-2012, 06:37 PM
proof sceince is far more reliable than religion

http://i.snag.gy/YDmpq.jpg

DonGlock26
11-16-2012, 09:23 PM
It blows my mind that by looking far enough away, we can also be looking back in time...pretty cool stuff. We may never have a time machine but just being able to see what happened 13.3 billion years ago is amazing.

It is indeed amazing. I still feel like a lab rat trying to look outside of the aquarium. The universe is likely a microcosm when compared to what is outside of it.

DonGlock26
11-16-2012, 09:29 PM
proof sceince is far more reliable than religion

I lost all faith in Atheist thought, when the static universe model was disproved.

Chris
11-16-2012, 10:49 PM
Atheism, lack of faith, has, as such, no thought.

The universe, expanding as it is, is in effect closing the door (event horizon) on our ever knowing what exists beyond it. We can at best make educated guesses, the way say Hawkins does in The Grand Design, based on what is consistent with what is known.

Carygrant
11-17-2012, 01:43 AM
It is indeed amazing. I still feel like a lab rat trying to look outside of the aquarium. The universe is likely a microcosm when compared to what is outside of it.


Keep in this area , Donald . Much more your forte .
Because your record with nearer events is a big zero --- the Black war against Whites , Zimmerman and getting a 50-50 election result right .

DonGlock26
11-18-2012, 11:06 AM
Atheism, lack of faith, has, as such, no thought.

The universe, expanding as it is, is in effect closing the door (event horizon) on our ever knowing what exists beyond it. We can at best make educated guesses, the way say Hawkins does in The Grand Design, based on what is consistent with what is known.


At some point, it becomes philosophy rather than science because of an inability to observe and experiment. But, it is fascinating.

Chris
11-18-2012, 11:34 AM
At some point, it becomes philosophy rather than science because of an inability to observe and experiment. But, it is fascinating.

Hawkings and Mlodinow open The Grand Design announcing "Traditionally these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, particulary physics. Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our question for knowledge."

They have, as you say, become philosophers.

DonGlock26
11-18-2012, 02:41 PM
Hawkings and Mlodinow open The Grand Design announcing "Traditionally these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, particulary physics. Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our question for knowledge."

They have, as you say, become philosophers.

They have. The quest for knowledge can outpace our ability to conduct scientific investigation. Philosophy is the light that leads science in the search for knowledge.

Chris
11-18-2012, 02:44 PM
They have. The quest for knowledge can outpace our ability to conduct scientific investigation. Philosophy is the light that leads science in the search for knowledge.

Indeed, without that light, experiment and observation would merely collect a babble of facts without explanation or prediction.