I once emailed the staff of a renowned British cosmologist. To my surprise, I received a response from one of their employees. I forgot what we were discussing, but here is the answer I got: “The universe was created out of nothing and everywhere at once.”
That was the BIG BANG!
The “big bang” theory implies that if not enough thrust was supplied initially; stars would not have had enough time to form and become supernovae.
There is no supernova, there are no people on planets like Earth. We’re made from exploding star content, you know. That’s where the elements beyond hydrogen are formed. A very important element for humans is carbon, but there are also others. Have you ever had an iron deficiency?
If too much thrust was initially provided, the scattering would be so great that stars would never form at all. We are not part of that scenario; however, I understand that that is exactly what happened in the first attempt to create this universe.
An angel was heard saying, “I think you need to cut a mite, God!” (Some disagree with this. They say the angel said, “God, you may have to cut off all your strength.” They are just being picky).
Hearing that comment, God said, “Sometimes I don’t know my own drive.”
If things were just perfect, stars would form, linger for a while, and go supernova.
Boom!
That’s probably exactly what happened and everything was perfect.
Later, planets formed around some of the stars. If things went well and a planetary stellar system was not sucked into a black hole, God could generate life, grass, giraffes, monkeys, and lesser creatures.
I hate to add a complication here, but the planet must have a stable orbit and an orientation towards the parent star. You cannot have a planet bobbing in all directions and expect winter to come in winter and summer to come in summer. However, weather forecasters would be in high demand.
God formed a moon for our planet. (For the uninitiated in astronomy, our planet is called “Earth”. Some call it “Mother Earth”). The moon keeps the axis of our planet inclined 23 degrees with respect to the orbital plain. (Some write plain in plain orbital, “plain.” They are known as “poor spelling.”)
Since our planet has a stable orbit and summer follows spring most of the time, we can farm. We can look out the door and say, “I think a light sweater will do fine today.” Our meteorologists can say, “We expect rain in the next few days.” And when we look out the window and see the clouds and the rain falling, we say, “We! The meteorologist was right this time.”
Well, sorry to report that things are not perfect. There are many things left from the Big Bang that threaten us. Until the angels finish cleaning up the construction site, we are in danger of annihilation or worse. There have been half a dozen extinction incidents on our planet. We know this because those who study the fossil remains of dead things say so.
I suggest you don’t take “Big Galaxy and Star” magazine unless you are brave. They say things like this:
1. “This photo shows the galaxy GX1243 passing through the center of the galaxy GX78999443.” They don’t give the radio report from planet Xeenon, so I’ll give it here: “We advise all Xeenon inhabitants to take the position suggested during the Cold War on planet Earth. Goodbye friends!” (For those of you who are too young to remember the position it was in: “under a sturdy table or desk. Raise your knees up to your chin and then extend them far enough so that you can lower your head and say goodbye to your butt.” .)
2. “Astronomers at Bloge University reported that they have identified the object that emitted more light than all the stars in the sky on December 17, 2003. The object has been named” Great Glow “and the radiation may come from a physical change. of state. “Then they casually mention that if Big Glow were 6 light years from earth instead of 30 light years, all life on earth would have been destroyed. Everything happened in an instant!
3. “This photo shows the interaction of a black hole with the next neighboring stars in GX89006.” They don’t give the radio report from planet Foobia. Therefore, as a public service, I will give it here: “Everyone who was selected for the” GetGo “space flight should now be on the launch pad. For this race in war to spread throughout the universe. All others , that farewell flags have been issued, I should wave them now. “
4. “A meteor whizzed past the earth at 10 times the speed of sound on August 4, 2005. The mass was one-tenth the mass of our moon. Those that rose at 3:00 am in Uxaland in On the morning of August 4, 2005, I would have seen the spectacular sight if it weren’t for the fact that a dense cloud cover prevented the observation. ” What they didn’t say was: “If that object had hit the ground, we would have missed the deadline for the September issue.”
By the way, this brings up a very interesting question. We know the names of all the moons in the universe, but damn if I don’t know anyone who knows the name of ours. I am suggesting a name for our moon and submit the following revision to Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: “Nameless Moon: 1. Earth’s natural satellite that shines in reflected sunlight, revolves around Earth from west to east about 291 /. 2 days with reference to the son or about 271/2 days with reference to the earth, and has a diameter of 2,160 miles (3,475 kilometers), a mean distance from the earth of 238,900 miles (384,400 kilometers) and a mass of about 1/8 of the earth. Usu. Used with ‘el’ “.
I was going to call it Pumpkin, but I didn’t want our moon, “Moon with no name,” to not have the first definition in the dictionary. That just wouldn’t be cool.
Does anyone remember what the topic of this article is?
Oh yeah! It’s: “Living with the Big Bang.”
Tally Ho!
copyright © John Taylor Jones, Ph.D. 2005