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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: acecharly on 06/04/2012 17:28:27

Title: Could galaxies be bubbles in some liquid universe?
Post by: acecharly on 06/04/2012 17:28:27: any thoughts are welcome

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Ace
Title: Re: Could galaxies be bubbles in some liquid universe?
Post by: CliffordK on 06/04/2012 21:43:30: NO

Space between galaxies is likely very similar space within the galaxies, just with lower matter density.

For such a theory, you would have to invent a new type of liquid that did not behave gravitationally like normal matter. Also, keep in mind that galaxies tend to be disk shaped, not sphere shaped.

Liquids, as we know them, also diffract different wavelengths of light at different angles, and thus we would see a rainbow of colors as the starlight would arrive at Earth.
Title: Re: Could galaxies be bubbles in some liquid universe?
Post by: Soul Surfer on 08/04/2012 12:50:26: In some ways precisely the opposite is true. The universe consists of vast "bubbles" of empty space containing very little material with strings and knots of galaxies in clusters.
Title: Re: Could galaxies be bubbles in some liquid universe?
Post by: Airthumbs on 08/04/2012 20:18:44: Sounds like chocolate to me!
Title: Re: Could galaxies be bubbles in some liquid universe?
Post by: Sprool on 10/04/2012 11:03:05: Quote from: Airthumbs on 08/04/2012 20:18:44
Sounds like chocolate to me!
I think its no coincidence that so many choc bars have astronomical names - Mars, Galaxy, Milky Way, Uranus, well maybe not Uranus. There's obviously an undercurrent of subversion going on between confectioners and astrophysicists.
Title: Re: Could galaxies be bubbles in some liquid universe?
Post by: Airthumbs on 10/04/2012 22:35:21: Maybe it's because that and coffee are the only thing that keep the Astronomers up at night, Starbucks for example!!