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Originally posted by Praetorius
reply to post by XPLodER
Jacob Barnett (12 year old boy genius with IQ higher than Einstein's) believes the big bang theory is wrong and is currently re-writing it - in addition to making his own theory of relativity.
See one of many articles on him here
Originally posted by Icanseeatoms
reply to post by XPLodER
I have due respect for your intellect and always look for your posts as i find them very inquisitive and informational.
As to your questions of which there are many in this post, ( as per norm ) i would not dare to reply to other than to say keep on prodding and prying as we of ATS members rely upon you and members such as your good self to keep asking the question/s and perhaps one day someone here will finally get it and learn much from your diligence,
Icanseeatoms.
Your link doesn't show one of the most distant galaxies, the z redshift is only about 6, not 8.
Originally posted by XPLodER
does fully formed galaxies at redshift Z=8 mean the big bang is incorrect?
LINK to STARs
Contrast that to the age of the galaxy mentioned in your OP:
“We’re getting back very close to the first galaxies, which we think formed around 200 to 300 million years after the Big Bang.” The study pushed the limits of Hubble’s capabilities, extending its reach back to about 480 million years after the Big Bang, when the universe was just 4 percent of its current age. The dim object, called UDFj-39546284, is a compact galaxy of blue stars that existed 480 million years after the Big Bang, only four percent of the universe’s current age. It is tiny. Over one hundred such mini-galaxies would be needed to make up our Milky Way....
Illingworth and UCSC astronomer Rychard Bouwens (now at Leiden University in the Netherlands) led the study, which will be published in the January 27 issue of Nature. Using infrared data gathered by Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 3 (WFC3), they were able to see dramatic changes in galaxies over a period from about 480 to 650 million years after the Big Bang. The rate of star birth in the universe increased by ten times during this 170-million-year period, Illingworth said. “This is an astonishing increase in such a short period, just 1 percent of the current age of the universe,” he said. There were also striking changes in the numbers of galaxies detected.
So of course when you look at something 950 million years old, it will look more mature than something half that age. It's this period from 480 to 650 million years after the Big Bang when dramatic changes to galaxies are seen, and the galaxy in your source isn't even close to being in that range. Right?
The galaxy's redshift is 6.027, which means we see it as it was when the Universe was around 950 million years old.
So of course when you look at something 950 million years old, it will look more mature than something half that age. It's this period from 480 to 650 million years after the Big Bang when dramatic changes to galaxies are seen, and the galaxy in your source isn't even close to being in that range. Right?
So contrary to the misleading title of your thread, in fact what is seen in these galaxies formed 480 to 650 million years after the big bang seem to confirm an early evolution of galaxies, rather than question it, as you seem to be doing with information on a galaxy that doesn't fall into the right age range.
If I ever see such a thing, that's when I'll start trying to figure out how to explain it. And if I ever see a pink elephant flying, that's when I'll start trying to explain that.
Originally posted by XPLodER
if i used the wrong example its not to try to mislead just used as an example
how would you explain a fully mature galaxy at z=10.2?
edit to add if you could see it
Originally posted by rhinoceros
The edge of the observable Universe is not the edge of the Universe. We just can't see further because light from those places hasn't had the time to travell this far yet. More distant places we can never see, because the distance between us is increasing faster than the speed light travels. I saw a really nice documentary about this some week ago. It's called "Everything and Nothing". Much recommended stuff..
en.wikipedia.org...
documentarystorm.com...edit on 13-4-2011 by rhinoceros because: (no reason given)