11-07-2003 02:52									#61
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Retraction has been shown to be unlikely, as the universe is accelerating in its dispersal, not decelerating.

	11-07-2003 02:54									#62
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Retraction has been shown to be unlikely, as the universe is accelerating in its dispersal, not decelerating.

though i don't get how it is getting faster... maybe there is a large bulk of gravity around the universe pulling it outwards?

	11-07-2003 03:00									#63
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quote: Originally posted by The Andy-Man though i don't get how it is getting faster... maybe there is a large bulk of gravity around the universe pulling it outwards?

'Tis a puzzlement, but some postulate "Dark Matter" out there which is doing the pulling.

	11-07-2003 03:07									#64
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and does this big the question of where the dark matter came from?

I knwo they have an idea what it is though, a mass of electrons isn't it?

	11-07-2003 03:09									#65
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov 'Tis a puzzlement, but some postulate "Dark Matter" out there which is doing the pulling.

I think you mean dark energy.

Dark matter would recollapse the universe, dark energy would push it apart.