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Author Topic:   What is "the fabric" of space-time?
New Cat's Eye
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Message 281 of 327 (473550)
06-30-2008 3:42 PM
Reply to: Message 280 by onifre
06-30-2008 12:10 PM


Re: ?????
Is the speed at which we observe distant galaxies moving at, since it is said that further galaxies are moving away at greater velocities, due to spacetimes curvature and our obsevational point?
IOW, is the space between galaxies expanding at the same rate?
I hope my question makes sense...
Take a rubber band and draw 7 dots on it, equally spaced apart. The middle one represents our galaxy while the others represent other galaxies. When you stretch out the rubber band, the dots that are farther from the middle one move farther and faster away from the dots that are closer to the middle one even though the rubber band is stretching by the same amount across all the dots.
The distance and speeds are compounded by the space between our galaxy and the nearest one and the distance between the nearest one and the farther ones.
Make sense?
IOW, is the space between galaxies expanding at the same rate?
Yes.

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New Cat's Eye
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Message 300 of 327 (473841)
07-03-2008 9:19 AM
Reply to: Message 298 by BMG
07-03-2008 6:16 AM


Re: Very ?????
And the only evidence that the twin leaving earth was actually moving was the acceleration they experienced? Otherwise, there would have been no way of knowing which one was moving and which wasn't?
Right.
I've seen arguments against the twin paradox that go something like: according to relativity, its all based on your frame of reference. So, to the twin on the spaceship, the earth is moving away at 99% SoL and the twin on earth should be the one that is younger, not the one on the spaceship. But we know that the spaceship is the one moving because it is the one that is experiencing the acceleration.

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New Cat's Eye
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Message 303 of 327 (473895)
07-03-2008 1:19 PM
Reply to: Message 302 by BMG
07-03-2008 11:31 AM


Re: Very ?????
Yes, the physics professor in the video provided by onifre goes over this. This is great. Thanks for your help.
I didn't watch the video because I'm at work. That'd draw more attenion than me just typing and reading
You're more than welcome for the help. I'm just paying it forward anyways
and you should do the same.

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