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THE UNIVERSE
~~~~~~~~~~~~
By
BootBlock/TerraForm
Does anyone out there watch "The Sky At Night" ?
Don't laugh! It's very good actually, I've been following it
for about a year or so now.
It's on once every month and Patrick Moore presents it, he and his
guest talks about the universe, stars, blackholes and things. This
month (28/4/96 - Yesterday!) Patrick (which is a very interesting
man) and someone was talking about the future of the universe,
what will happen to it in millions of years time.
I can't exactly remember what was said (as I was messing about
installing a couple of things on my Workbench disk and watching
it pretty much at the same time), but it was something like this
(I am making some of these up to what I think happened and what
was said) ....
The first theory on what will happen to the universe is that is will
keep expanding. When the universe wasn't the universe as we know it
(just before the big bang), before the big bang actually happened,
there was a fluctuation where a few different particles where very
hot and compressed together. Before the explosion, the fluctuation
(or the ball - whatever) was surrounded in unknown exotic particles.
When the big bang occurred, the particles got blown away in all
directions while the explosion occurred. Space was pushing these
"exotic" particles outwards, so space was obviously expanding.
So to this very day, the universe is still expanding and so are
the galaxies. There is some of those "exotic" particles surrounding
the edges of space which we haven't discovered yet.
We can tell the galaxies are expanding by the amount of light
getting filtered through them. There is a loads of dark matter in
every galaxy, so when light shines at a galaxy, the dark particles
that absorb the light (the dark matter) are closely densed together,
and so light can't shine through the actual galaxy very well.
Then as the galaxy expands, the dark matter gets diluted and
start to urm... get un-density-fied (soz, I couldn't think of the
right word), thus light not getting absorbed (the light particles
hit the dark particles and then light particles then just die off)
and more light gets through the galaxy. There now appears to be
less and less dark matter in the whole universe.
That's all I think I can remember of this theory - I made some of
it up to the best of my knowledge.
Here's the second theory ....
The second theory is that the universe oscillates (gets bigger, then
shrinks again, and so on...), and might always will do. But, everytime
it gets bigger, it will get bigger and stay bigger than before, before
shrinking again and starting the whole process off again....
If this theory is true, no-one knows how many times the universe
has cycled from being nothing, into a great big void. So this
universe might have been around any number of times before, maybe with
with different particles and even life. Or we might be the first ones
to be in the very first universe.
Everytime the universe formed, there might have been a possibility
for life, and maybe none.
This is the third theory, which I think is the most
scary ....
The third theory is that the universe will stop expanding and then
start to shrink (I can't think of the word that is the opposite
of expand) and then finally The Big Crunch will happen.
This is where the universe will shrink thus compressing all known
time, matter, space and everything and crush it all out of
existence. Thus ending time, matter and space forever.
-+-
There was another thing about more than one universe, I know it was
a theory of some kind, but I can't actually remember. Anyway, I'll
try to type it the way I think it was ...
There could be more than one universe. Look at the (badly) drawn
ASCII picture underneath ....
ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ
ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ/¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ
ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ| Our |ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐEXOTICÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ
ÐÐÐÐÐÐEXOTICÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ| Universe |ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐPARTICLESÐÐÐÐ
ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ| |ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ
ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐPARTICLESÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ\____________/ÐÐÐ/¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ
ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ| Another |ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ
ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ| Universe |ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ
ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ\_________/ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ
ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ
"Our Universe" is where we are, the solar system, galaxies, etc.
The "Another Universe" could be an entirely new universe that has
nothing to do with us what-so-ever. The Ð's is the so-called
exotic particles. There could very well be more than two universes.
Our universe could very well "sprout" other universes. Like ...say for
example.... you blew a bubble (with one of those bubble things that
you blow into that has washing up liquid in it), sometimes another
bubble "grows" out of the side of the main bubble. That's what could
happen. See the below pic (minus the Exotic Particles - it's an arse
to do them!) ...
/¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\
| Our |
| Universe |
| |
\____________/¯¯¯¯\
|Sprout|
\____/
The "Sprout" ball, is the new universe which will break off our
universe and expand while moving away. There could have been loads
of different universes that have done this off our's.
Our universe could have well broken off of another universe somewhere
else. Yer never know.
-+-
How BlackHoles Are Formed - According to my (lack) knowledge :
First of all, after a star has burnt away all is hydrogen, it starts
to shrink because. While it is shrinking, it gets dimmer and darker.
It then turns into a red dwarf (good series that is!), and cools down
very rapidly until it turns it a black dwarf, in-which there is NO
light what-so-ever shining or even dimming from it.
Some stars go so cold and hard that they start to absorb light instead
of actually emitting it. And then the star has a HUGE gravatational
pull which starts to absorb (nicking) energy/light from another star
close by and ANYTHING (including light, radio waves, micro-waves,
x-ray, etc).
The black dwarf's pull gets so strong that it caves in on itself and
crushes itself out of existence. Then it leaves behind something called
a BlackHole, which absorbs ANYTHING & EVERYTHING.
No-one actually knows where the "tail" of the blackhole goes, but
there was some strong theories on where it does go, but I seem to
have forgotten them.
Around the outside of the blackhole, the is no space as such.
NOTHING exists around the outside of the hole for about 2-3 miles.
~~~~~~~
After a while, the blackhole starts to emit very strong micro-waves
and x-rays. Not many beams of the waves gets shot out from the hole,
but it gradually starts to emit LOADS of beams all over the place.
I can't remember what happens after that. Sorry.
=-+-=
Well, I hope you liked that, I did.
Maybe next issue I'll write about Pulsar's and Jet's.
A Pulsar is a spinning thingy that shoots out x-rays at incredible
speed.
A Jet gets shot out from a huge disc like thing in space.
The Jets that get shot out are SUPER-FINE and get shot out for
loads of miles.
=-+-=
If anyone else has any interesting stories, then send em in!
=-+-=
I have written this for Da Word
because I'm a kind sod !
Signed
BootBlock/TerraForm
(aka Joseph Cox)