October 9th 06, 09:23 PM
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infinite pill-shaped universe?
Hagar wrote:
"Liam" wrote in message
ps.com...
Just found this CNN article where measured cosmic radioactivity seems
to indicate the universe is pill-shaped:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/1...ill/index.html
Now, I've just come to grips with the concept of the universe being
infinite and expanding out of a Big...Expanding like "raisin bread" or
an infinitely thick skin of a balloon.
Now this pill-shaped thing? I can't reconcile this in my mind.
Could someone help me understand how both of these can be true, or
whether one theory undermines the other?
Thanks!
Liam
What if the early Universe had an axial spin to it and with that spin, it
had developed a slight equatorial bulge, pretty much like Earth has. Now if
that spin were to slow down over time, could it create the opposite of a,
equatorial bulge, something like an equatorial waist, which would give it a
pill-shaped, somewhat oblong appearance, or would it still remain a sphere
??
But the question remains, how can an infinite universe have a finite
and discernable shape?
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