Big bang (was government thread)

[Kenelm Philip]

> ..The big bang theory is no longer in vogue.  Recent observations of
> supernovae at the outer most reach of modern telescopes indicate the
> universe is actually accelerating at its outer reaches.

	As a one-time astronomer, I found this odd--so I checked with my
brother (a professional astronomer). He in turn checked with Ralph Alpher
(an expert in the field), and said:

"The acceleration feature does not do in the big bang hypothesis. It is
just a modification on top of the theory."

That's what I thought when I first saw the statement above--but it's nice to
have confirmation. So the big bang lives...

							Ken Philip
fnkwp at uaf.edu




 
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