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by Roman_Szostek
Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:51 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the... (2022 Apr 03)
Replies: 64
Views: 28983

Re: APOD: CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the... (2022 Apr 03)

And since I've been following this - ahem - debate - I finally clicked on both the links posted in support of Roman's view, and he's either the sole author or the co-author. I have no opinion on the merits of the papers since I haven't tried to read them (though I am slightly curious - lack of requ...
by Roman_Szostek
Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:44 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the... (2022 Apr 03)
Replies: 64
Views: 28983

Re: APOD: CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the... (2022 Apr 03)

It is hardly a guess. It is scientific consensus, and therefore what most people should consider the likely answer. What does " scientific consensus " mean? The universe was thought to be 13 billion years old based on the dubious quality of the General Theory of Relativity equations. Igno...
by Roman_Szostek
Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:49 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the... (2022 Apr 03)
Replies: 64
Views: 28983

Re: APOD: CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the... (2022 Apr 03)

Below the drawing https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220403.html is written: In the featured all-sky map from the COBE satellite in 1993, microwave light in the Earth's direction of motion appears blueshifted and hence hotter, while microwave light on the opposite side of the sky is redshifted and colder....
by Roman_Szostek
Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the... (2022 Apr 03)
Replies: 64
Views: 28983

Re: APOD: CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the... (2022 Apr 03)

The CMB is the edge of the observable universe, not the the entire universe. I doubt this is the case. There is no evidence that microwave background radiation was produced 13 billion years ago, when the universe was allegedly forming. These are guesses. In my opinion, microwave background radiatio...