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Originally posted by ImaFungi
the photons created by the sun are the same kind of photons made by a flashlight?
what action creates the photon and what causes it to travel so fast?
Originally posted by CLPrime
reply to post by artistpoet
Getting back to the CMB for a sec... I should point out that the temperature isn't actually the temperature of the light. Light has no temperature. The temperature is that of the object that emitted the light -- in the case of the CMB, that would be the entire universe 13.7 billion years ago.
Originally posted by CLPrime
reply to post by ImaFungi
You're guess is as good as mine on what will stop the chain. Though, being a preacher, I could give you a hint at what will be its effective end at some point in the future.
The first things to be formed were elementary particles, in the form of plasma. Then, gravity took over and started gathering things together to form stars, galaxies, and clusters. At least, according to the currently cosmological model.
how it started is the big mystery and pretty much the reason for the theory of god,,, viable theory imo
Originally posted by CLPrime
reply to post by ImaFungi
how it started is the big mystery and pretty much the reason for the theory of god,,, viable theory imo
That certainly is the big mystery. In physics. In Scripture, not so much. But that's for another conversation.
Now that the universe is here, half of its physical laws (the conservation laws, in particular) are concerned with sustaining the chain. However, entropy causes the chain to break down with time. It keeps going, but it gets more chaotic -- more disorderly. Eventually, if you let it go for many billions of years, entropy will take over and energy will be so dispersed that conservation laws won't matter anymore. The universe will be a dark, empty void with sparse radiation from the evaporation of black holes. That would seem to be where it ends...conventionally.