The Big Bang AKA Where The **** Did It All Start?

sonar1 · 11-18-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by tore

Before I read the rest of the post, I think you got things the wrong way round. A vacuum, like that you can create inside a cup, doesn't really pull at things. It's matter that pushes. Stuff is being pushed in because of gravity.

That makes sense.

Now that I think of it that way.

skaltezon · 11-26-2011, 01:49 AM

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I Got Your Neutrinos Right Here

The oldest of the subatomic particles called neutrinos might each encompass a space larger than thousands of galaxies, simulations suggest.

We think of fundamental particles as being very small, but “relic” neutrinos left over from the big bang could be big. Really big. The quantum wave describing one could be billions of light-years across, a good fraction of the observable universe. Such a large wave raises questions about how a quantum particle interacts with gravity at the scale of galaxies and galaxy clusters -- questions that remain unresolved.

University of California researchers George Fuller and Chad Kishimoto were checking whether a theoretical upper limit could be placed on neutrino masses based on galaxy observations when they realized that the wave functions describing relic neutrinos might extend billions of light years. Half of a neutrino’s wave function could, for instance, be in our galaxy while the other half would be out at the edge of the observable universe.
(from 2009 article)

Fresh neutrinos like CERN recently clocked exceeding lightspeed are exempt from such speculation.

Physics - Ginormous Neutrino

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blastingas10 · 12-16-2011, 03:55 AM

Religion certainly doesn't do justice to the wonder of this universe. How the f*** is any of this possible? It is mind-blowing.

~~Farfisa~~ · 12-19-2011, 01:35 AM

Seeing pictures of Systems and Galaxies, and watching the epic space film 2001: A Space Odyssey has given me a new outlook on life. Our existence might not have any meaning, but that doesn't mean we can't admire it's spontaneous beauty. I feel like there is still much to be discovered. Like for example, when scientists were able to make subatomic particles travel faster than the speed of light. As for the universe beginning? I believe it never began, and it will never end. I think time is one of the things that can't apply to the "creation" of the universe.

Guybrush · 12-19-2011, 03:22 AM

As far as I know, the "faster than speed of light" neutrinos have yet to be verified. Until it is verified, I'm hesitant to accept a statement which breaks with one of physics most well known and theoretically useful principles.

~~Farfisa~~ · 12-19-2011, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tore

As far as I know, the "faster than speed of light" neutrinos have yet to be verified. Until it is verified, I'm hesitant to accept a statement which breaks with one of physics well known and theoretically useful principles.

Personally, I think this would really be quite the oopsie if this were to be verified. People might actually have to retake physics classes. HA!

blastingas10 · 12-19-2011, 03:44 PM

E F pastor emeritus: Physicist, Sir Roger Penrose, says Stephen Hawking's "no-God-needed" theory of the universe is "hardly science and not even a theory"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg_95...eature=related

eurochild · 01-10-2012, 02:51 PM

I remember watching a TV-program where they said that there are particles in atoms that just appear and disappear at random. A theory was that our universe is like that. If it is, and our whole universe is just a microscopic particle inside another atom, then....... hyper mind****.

11-26-2011, 01:49 AM	#122 (permalink)
skaltezon Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: hairball cluster Posts: 326	. I Got Your Neutrinos Right Here The oldest of the subatomic particles called neutrinos might each encompass a space larger than thousands of galaxies, simulations suggest. We think of fundamental particles as being very small, but “relic” neutrinos left over from the big bang could be big. Really big. The quantum wave describing one could be billions of light-years across, a good fraction of the observable universe. Such a large wave raises questions about how a quantum particle interacts with gravity at the scale of galaxies and galaxy clusters -- questions that remain unresolved. University of California researchers George Fuller and Chad Kishimoto were checking whether a theoretical upper limit could be placed on neutrino masses based on galaxy observations when they realized that the wave functions describing relic neutrinos might extend billions of light years. Half of a neutrino’s wave function could, for instance, be in our galaxy while the other half would be out at the edge of the observable universe. (from 2009 article) Fresh neutrinos like CERN recently clocked exceeding lightspeed are exempt from such speculation. Physics - Ginormous Neutrino . __________________ . . . Occupy protest locations in the United States Occupy protest locations worldwide Last edited by skaltezon; 11-27-2011 at 02:15 AM.

12-19-2011, 03:22 AM	#125 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	As far as I know, the "faster than speed of light" neutrinos have yet to be verified. Until it is verified, I'm hesitant to accept a statement which breaks with one of physics most well known and theoretically useful principles. __________________ Something Completely Different Last edited by Guybrush; 12-19-2011 at 04:02 AM.

12-19-2011, 03:44 PM	#127 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	E F pastor emeritus: Physicist, Sir Roger Penrose, says Stephen Hawking's "no-God-needed" theory of the universe is "hardly science and not even a theory" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg_95...eature=related Last edited by blastingas10; 12-19-2011 at 03:52 PM.

12-16-2011, 03:55 AM	#123 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	Religion certainly doesn't do justice to the wonder of this universe. How the f*** is any of this possible? It is mind-blowing.

12-19-2011, 01:35 AM	#124 (permalink)
~~Farfisa~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,773	Seeing pictures of Systems and Galaxies, and watching the epic space film 2001: A Space Odyssey has given me a new outlook on life. Our existence might not have any meaning, but that doesn't mean we can't admire it's spontaneous beauty. I feel like there is still much to be discovered. Like for example, when scientists were able to make subatomic particles travel faster than the speed of light. As for the universe beginning? I believe it never began, and it will never end. I think time is one of the things that can't apply to the "creation" of the universe.

01-10-2012, 02:51 PM	#128 (permalink)
eurochild Groupie Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 19	I remember watching a TV-program where they said that there are particles in atoms that just appear and disappear at random. A theory was that our universe is like that. If it is, and our whole universe is just a microscopic particle inside another atom, then....... hyper mind****.