On Sunday, August 24, 2025 at 5:10:46 PM UTC-6 Brent Meeker wrote:



On 8/24/2025 3:41 AM, John Clark wrote:

Space expands because, according to Einstein's General Relativity, static 
equilibrium is unstable, the slightest perturbation will cause space to 
either expand or contract. 

Even a big perturbation in the direction of expansion can result in a 
re-collapse.

Brent


So, can we say GR doesn't predict expansion or contraction; just that a 
static universe is unstable? AG 

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