07-29-2013, 03:51 PM
It always boggles my mind when I hear something like, "we just discovered a new heavenly body, it's about two billion, 750 millon light years away in the first sector of the Alpha Quadrant". :ugeek: First of all, how do they know how far away it is? It should take over four billion years to send a signal there and back to really be accurate. The other thing is that if the light from that "heavenly body" from the Alpha Quadrant, took two billion, 750 million years to reach earth, how do they know that it's still there? :?: :?: It could have super-novaed (don't look this up) two billion years ago and we'll never know if for a long time. 
Another question that haunts me is that, how do they know that there are black holes out there when they are black? Isn't the rest of the visible universe that they're in also black?
As we used to say, "inquiring minds want to know". Once we know this, we can then solve the light at the end of the tunnel thingy...
In the meantime, NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER.
Another question that haunts me is that, how do they know that there are black holes out there when they are black? Isn't the rest of the visible universe that they're in also black?
As we used to say, "inquiring minds want to know". Once we know this, we can then solve the light at the end of the tunnel thingy...
In the meantime, NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD