astronomy

SECLUSION PRINCIPLE

SECLUSION PRINCIPLE We live within a universe so vast we never will perceive its full extent. Because there are horizons that are past the span light can speed in the firmament, parts of the cosmos will be forever beyond possible communication. As fast as light, we’ll still reach them never, for they have greater acceleration. […]

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OUMUAMUA, DAGGER OF DEATH

  OUMUAMUA (1I/2017U1) Dagger of Death Oumuamua, dagger from space, is flung at its target end over end – too fast for any rocket to outpace. Earth, spun within the Sun’s disc, can’t defend against this object just recently spied (though it is the size of a football field) – a blade ten times as […]

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FLEEING FROM THE PAST

FLEEING FROM THE PAST Big- Bang, it’s dubbed, but the start of our universe is more like an un-popped bubble expanding forever faster and ever faster fleeing from the only edge time’s arrow insists upon and the only edge allowed.    

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Deep Field

DEEP FIELD   Look long enough at night’s sky, and you will see that more stars slowly come into view. The longer the exposure, the more light you perceive, until you no longer see a dark sky but a bright field that fills your entire vision. Stars beyond stars fill every “empty patch” of sky, […]

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