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Old 03-20-2008, 04:32 PM   #25
Hack&Lube
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Originally Posted by MJK View Post
Isnt' the proof that it is expanding called "hubble's red shift"..the ability to measure how far stars are away from each other. Every single thing is moving away from each other...

It was explained to me like this:

The universe is like raisin bread expanding in the oven..each raisin is like a star and they are all moving away from each other.

???
The problem is that there's dark energy that is unaccounted for. Like some kind of magical yeast that is making the bread expand despite how much the raisins want to stick together.

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