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Originally posted by motion
quote:Originally posted by jluetjen
Kind of like the gravitational constant debate within astronomy which went on for years before being largely settled just a few years ago.
I didn't know it was settled at this point... I thought it was still up in the air?
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I guess I should have said "Cosmological Constant". My bad. Here's the link to the
Astronomy Picture of the Day that links off to the other information. While I guess not completely conclusive (note that I'm way over my technological head, but I love reading this stuff anyhow), the range of probability for the value
is getting smaller.
In laymans terms? We live in a universe which which began in a "Big Bang" and will expand (while cooling off) forever.