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    I Centre of mass of the observable universe

    OK thanks for pointing me in the right direction for further reading. Much appreciated.
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    I Centre of mass of the observable universe

    Yes, I accept that there isn't a centre of the universe for good reasons - the main argument that convinces me is that the universe is unbounded. And it would make sense to me that we are at the centre of the observable universe, by definition. But why would we necessarily be at the centre of...
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    I Centre of mass of the observable universe

    Ok so I have read several of the threads regarding the impossibility of determining the centre of the universe based on observations of expansion of the universe. That one seems to have been beaten to death. So this is a slightly different question. When we look at all the matter that we can...
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    Is light a wave or a straight line before it hits something?

    Thanks for the kind welcome!
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    Is light a wave or a straight line before it hits something?

    You can't thoroughly describe a quantum phenomenon (light) using classical analogies (wave, particle). You can say that in some situations light behaves as a wave and in other situations it behaves as a particle. But light is richer in properties - light is light and if you want to describe...
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