Neo-Anarchists
28-03-2005, 03:09
Somebody in another thread had a link to this website, and I found it rather interesting.
http://www.exitmundi.nl/exitmundi.htm
Here's an interesting bit from one page:
There’s no easy way of explaining what causes the Pull we’re dealing with here. It all has to do with how the Universe works.
The story goes something like this. 4,5 Billion years ago, all matter and energy and time blew into existence, with the surrealistic explosion we call the ‘Big Bang’. Ever since, the Universe expands and cools, much like a ball of fire escaping after a huge explosion. The debris - that’s the stars, the galaxies, the planets and us - flies off in all directions. Everything in the Universe gets further and further apart from each other since the dawn of time.
But in recent years, scientists discovered there is something weird going on, too. Galaxies at the edges of the Universe don’t seem to slow down as you might expect. Instead, they speed up. Some bizarre and totally unknown force seems to be pulling on them from the outside, the calculations show. The expansion of the Universe accelerates. And so-called ‘Phantom Energy’ is what causes the pull.
I don't know whether it's all junk science or not, but it's a fun read.
http://www.exitmundi.nl/exitmundi.htm
Here's an interesting bit from one page:
There’s no easy way of explaining what causes the Pull we’re dealing with here. It all has to do with how the Universe works.
The story goes something like this. 4,5 Billion years ago, all matter and energy and time blew into existence, with the surrealistic explosion we call the ‘Big Bang’. Ever since, the Universe expands and cools, much like a ball of fire escaping after a huge explosion. The debris - that’s the stars, the galaxies, the planets and us - flies off in all directions. Everything in the Universe gets further and further apart from each other since the dawn of time.
But in recent years, scientists discovered there is something weird going on, too. Galaxies at the edges of the Universe don’t seem to slow down as you might expect. Instead, they speed up. Some bizarre and totally unknown force seems to be pulling on them from the outside, the calculations show. The expansion of the Universe accelerates. And so-called ‘Phantom Energy’ is what causes the pull.
I don't know whether it's all junk science or not, but it's a fun read.