On Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 11:15:09 PM UTC-6 Brent Meeker wrote:
On 6/10/2025 9:54 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: On Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 9:27:11 PM UTC-6 Brent Meeker wrote: On 6/10/2025 7:58 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: On Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 6:28:41 AM UTC-6 John Clark wrote: On Sat, Jun 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote: *>> The James Webb telescope recently found a galaxy that had a red shift of 14.44, from that number astronomers calculate that it took light 13.5 billion years to reach us, so we're observing how that galaxy looked 13.5 billion years ago. However during that 13.5 billion years the universe has not only been expanding it's been accelerating, so back then the universe was expanding slower not faster than it is now. Today that galaxy is not 13.5 billion light years from us, it is 34.7 billion light years from us. Even if we could travel at the speed of light we could never reach that galaxy in a finite number of years, and any galaxy that has a red shift greater than 1.8 is forever out of our reach.* *> You say we're observing how that galaxy looked 13.5 billion years ago,* *Yes.* *> but that the redshift being observed today, gives us the recessional velocity today?* *Not exactly. Velocity is about objects moving through space, but the redshift tells us how much space itself has been expanding.* *The redshift gives us a combination of expansion of space and the recessional velocity through space. * *That's assumed to be zero. * *But since we're observing the galaxy as it was, about 10 billion years ago, how can we deny that it's now receding at near light speed if that's what our measurements plainly r**eveal? * *No one denies that. The galaxy is further away now and receding faster now and hence still obeying Hubble's law. * *How can it be receding near light speed NOW, if we're measuring the red shift in the PAST? AG * *It's receding faster than light speed now. It's gone from the observable universe. Brent* *I don't doubt that, but it doesn't address my question. We see the light from the distant PAST, and it's hugely red shifted, yet we conclude that that is a measure of its recessional velocity NOW. AG* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/60ae3e5c-6a7d-4a3b-ac03-2443b7ad5a56n%40googlegroups.com.
