From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:15:59 -0600, personalpages.tds.net/~rcsilk wrote:   
      
   > "Laura"  wrote in message   
   > news:ct1ngf$n19$10@news.cybercity.dk...   
   >> It's no surprise that quasars are only found at immense distances,   
   >> since what you effectively see at such distances is a much younger   
   >> universe,   
   >> which is much denser and hotter than now.   
   >> The direction to the center of the universe is back in time. We can look   
   >> towards the center because light has a speed.   
   >> The center of the universe IS the big bang. Not, as commonly   
   >> misunderstood,   
   >> the location where the big bang WAS - that just doesn't make sense.   
   >   
   > what you're espousing is tantamount to creationism:  that the world was made   
   > in 7 days, etc.   
      
   Not really, since there's no other agency involved.   
      
   >   
   > The BB was 14 (billion?) years ago, give or take a few billions.   
      
   13.75 billion, give or take a few hundred million.   
      
   > That   
   > center *inflated* to nearly current size, and has been inflating and cooling   
   > ever since.  So it's thought.  Here's the part I like:   
   >   
   > Assume the universe is ballshaped:   
      
   Actually, preliminary work has determined the shape, and it's not   
   spherical.   
      
   > Assume you're near the edge of the ball, ON the INSIDE.   
   > Assume you have a flashlight, and shine it upon that wall.   
   > Assume there is no border to block *or reflect* that light.   
      
   There is no border, what goes out "one side" comes back in on "another".   
   The universe is finite but unbounded.   
      
   >   
   > The light from that flashlight will travel outwards at the speed of light.   
   > Thus, it's reasonable to assume that the edge of the universe is expanding   
   > outwards (by virtue of suns / stars near its outer edge) at the speed of   
   > light.   
      
   Actually, the universe expanded at many, many times the speed of light.   
      
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