Why are most of the objects in the universe round shape?
when an object including a heavenly body in space spins on its own axis, the matter experiences a centripetal force towards the center and as an equal and opposite reaction centrifugal force tends to move the matter away from center.These two forces balance each other and makes the boundary of matter equidistant from the center giving it a round appaerance. But comets are not sharp rounds because they lack spinning and moves in a straight path.
Can scientific inquiry study further back in time than the big bang?
No, scientific inquiry cannot study events that occurred before the Big Bang. The Big Bang is the origin of the universe and the laws of physics as we know them. Anything before that is currently beyond the realm of scientific investigation due to the limitations of our current understanding and technological capabilities.
How is the universe changing by cosmic microwave background radiation?
It is not really the universe that is changing, but rather the perception of our universe. The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR, or CMB) marks the limit of our ability to perceive our universe. Everything we know about the universe is based on our ability to observe and measure varying degrees of luminosity/radiation within this fourth dimensional confinement; i.e., this is our known universe. Our known universe has many imposed limitations, based on our ability to observe and measure it, but no one can really estimate as to the actual age and size of the universe beyond the interpretation of empirical evidence we are able to gather and collate. As of matter of contention is whether these measures for age and size have any real meaning outside our observable universe. ===== For example: While this CMB barrier may represent the primordial condition of our universe, it is only representative of past radiated events. Therefore at the extreme point in Space-Time to which an observer can view the CMB barrier, an opposing observer from this extreme point could be looking back at us and only see the CMB barrier as well. This would also imply that the universe is much larger than we are able to measure; for at the extreme point in Space-Time to which our first observer can view this CMB barrier, a second observer at this extreme point (and facing away from the first observer) can see even further into the universe than the first observer.
Why was it necessary that the universe cool down before plants could form?
Back in prehistoric times, the Earth was covered mostly with desert. Most plants cannot survive in this type of climate. Once the Earth cooled down and thigns like rainforests formed, plants could easily survive.
How does redshift connect to cosmic bakcground radiation?
Both are evidence in favor of Big Bang Cosmology (BBC). Hubble Redshift is easy to explain with BBC, not so easy (but possible) with alternatives. The existence, isotropy, and spectrum of the cosmic microwave background radiation is also easy to explain with BBC; but impossible to explain with any alternative. It's why BBC went from minority viewpoint amongst cosmologists to (pretty much) universal acceptance in a couple of decades.
How cosmic microwave background radiation shows us the universe is changing?
It shows that at the beginning of time all radiation was trapped in a small place and since the universe has expanded and cooled so has the radiation which is why it has dropped from very high radiation to its fairly low microwave radiation state. Today. It is the afterglow of the universe which heavily backs up the big bang theory.
If God created the universe then why doesn't everything behave in a moral way?
Theists
- sence of morality builty in us therefore we are made with it. It must be a source outside of this world, therefore it is God.
- want to get into heaven
- proof of morality in the bible
- everyone knows right from wrong therefore God gave it too us
- free-will to do what we choose with our morality
Atheists
- if God gave us morality then why do we choose evil?
- cultral relitisim - brought up in different environnment with different morals
e.g. age of consent differs per country
If morality were built in us then it would be the same
Is it fair that God gave us different rules for different countries?
How did the universe change after the big bang?
The big bang started over 100000000000000 milion years ago.The earth started off colder then russia, but now its riseing temps is dramaticly causing global warming
How does life on earth depend on the sun?
In its natural state, solar energy is important to the earth because it warms the earth, makes plants grow, causes weather, causes water to evaporate and in turn rain, etc. The harnessing of solar energy as an alternate power source is important because it is less expensive and always available on clear days. Solar power will lesson our dependancy on other expendable resources. Solar power is a virtually pollutant free energy source.
How did the world begin according to the cosmology myth of the ancient Romans?
God Created The Garden of Eden and the Children Of Eden water and all animals the planet was always there but it was empty and dark. God created the light and everything else !!
What word is used knowledge about the universe and the method of obtaining that knowledge?
Epistemology is a philosophical idea directed at the theories, nature, sources, and limits of knowledge. Such study would be epistemological studies.
Epistemology describes knowledge about the universe and the method of obtaining that knowledge.
omnipitent means to be all-knowing .... i think that's what you meant .......or astronomy is the study of the universe
What is the universe's primary source of light?
The universe's primary source of light is stars. Stars are massive balls of gas that undergo nuclear fusion, generating heat and light that radiates out into space. Other sources of light in the universe include galaxies, quasars, and other celestial objects.
What happens if a man travels in the velocity of light?
This is a hypothetical question. According to the Theory of Relativity, this would be impossible, as one would require an infinite amount of energy. However, the calculations involving time and length indicate that the person would --->appear to us watching the person<---- to become squashed in the direction of motion, and that time would --->appear to us watching the person<----to slow down. At the limit of the speed of light, time would --->appear to us watching the person<---- to stop, and the person would --->appear to us watching the person<----to have a thickness of zero in the direction of motion. Note that for the man, everything in HIS frame of reference (if he were to look at himself while he was travelling), nothing would be amiss: time would, for him, to pass normally and he would retain his shape.
What do we not know about the Big Bang?
Apart from what we don't know?
The one thing we don't know, is when a supernova is going to happen. It may be tomorrow, or the year after or next century.
A bit like asking when is the next earthquake.
Does the universe have a harmonic resonant frequency?
I don't think a "resonant frequency" makes much sense for the Universe. Even a single vibration would never be able to get back and forth, even if it's only through the OBSERVABLE Universe.
How does the number of neutrons affect an atoms charge?
It wouldn't change the reaction rate etc. chemically. However, it would be physically heavier and if too many neutrons are added then the atom will become radioactive and unstable, using beta emission to stabilise itself.
and i thank my wonderful physics teacher for teaching me that =]
What is the layer of atmosphere where radio signals are reflected back to the earths surface?
The ionosphere bends radio waves . . . most go out into space, but a fair number hit the earth far away, and are reflected back up to the ionosphere. Radio operators call this phenomenon, "The skip".
Can stars really tell the future?
No-one really, and why should we ask? Can't we live a day without knowing? Just chill, relax and realize that you don't need to know, you don't even need to care. Take a breather and let the chips fall where they may. Otherwise, curiosity will be the death of us yet, and that would be our future.
My prediction for humanity is that we will be wiped out by a more advanced species, but not our lifetime. Keep in mind that this a single prediction from a faceless Internet user, and will probably not be accurate.
What happend after a few seconds of the big bang?
Right after the big bang happened, the universe was expanding at a speed of light. While it was expanding, it started to cool itself down since the big bang caused the universe to heat up to ridiculous temperature.
What is matter and antimatter changed into if they touch?
They would annihilate each other equally. Every electron that encounters a positron (the antimatter equivelant to an electron), every proton that encounters an antiproton and every neutron that encounters an anti-neutron would completely annihilate; both the matter and antimatter particle would fully transform into energy with no residual matter (nor antimatter) if the touch were somehow perfect.
The amount of energy produced is enormous for even a small amount of matter/antimatter annihilation. The amount of energy released is dependent on how much matter and antimatter annihilate each other based on Einstein's famouse equation, e = mc2, which means energy (e) is equal to mass (m) times the square of the speed of light (c). Since light is incredibly fast, squaring it is a huge multiplier to mass. Nuclear fission (atomic bombs) and nuclear fusion (hydrogen bombs) generate their energy based on this same formula, but only a relatively small amount of the matter used in fission or fusion is converted into energy. By comparison, all of the matter and antimatter that come into contact will convert into energy, so the power of an explosion resulting from a matter/antimatter annihilation would be many times more energetic than even a hydrogen bomb of similar mass.
The largest bomb ever detonated in the history of manking was the Tsar Bomba, a fusion or h-bomb which yielded an explosive force of 50 million tonnes of TNT. The bomb itself weighed 27,000 kilograms.
By comparison, if you had a combined total of 27,000 kilograms of matter and antimatter, and created an annihilation bomb (putting all of the matter and antimatter into contact with each other), the resulting explosion would be
1,159,920 megatonnes (or 1.15992 teratonnes) or more than twenty-three thousand times as powerful as the Tsar Bomba! This is huge, but wouldn't quite destroy the earth though it could certainly exterminate a lot of life. The "dinosaur killer" asteroid, estimated to have been maybe 15 kilometers across and striking the earth at 20 km/s, was more than four thousand times as powerful as this.
Is consciousness a property of the universe?
Of course consciousness is real or you couldn't experience it! It's just not understood yet, like the nature of heat wasn't understood in the 1800's.
I believe consciousness works through endogenous light forming a "nexus" in the brain's ventricles which allows a tiny bit of God-consciousness (or whatever you want to call it) enter a brain. Please see full explanation at http://light.simanonok.com.
What evidence do astronomers have for the existence of dark matter?
1) The measured velocities of stars in the outer reaches of galaxies.
2) The distortion of the path of light from distant galaxies.
Neither of these can be explained by the amount of luminous matter we see in galaxies and in our Universe, meaning either we don't understand gravity OR there's some stuff out there we don't understand. The latter idea is conceptually easier to overcome, but it still leaves open the simple question: what IS that stuff? Because we can't answer that question, we simply call it "dark" matter.
We will, one day, likely understand dark matter as well as we understand x-rays today -- even though the latter were, when first found, so mysterious we called them 'x' rays.
What has a mass slightly less than that of a neutron?
A proton has a mass slightly less than that of a neutron. A neutron is slightly more massive due to the extra mass of an additional electron.
Does cosmic background radiation comes equally from all directions?
Yes.
Its isotropic nature is to one part in ten thousand.
This is easy to explain with Big Bang Cosmology, impossible to explain without it.
Its minor non-isotropies match exactly what would expect if our Universe began in an inflationary manner.
Scientist theorize that the universe started out as an infinitly dense ball of energy that somehow exploded into what the universe is today. My theory is that the universe was some sort of giant atom that was somehow split by a wayward electrical charge within the quantum sigularity.