The big bang and before.

[Boris Godunov]

Retraction has been shown to be unlikely, as the universe is accelerating in its dispersal, not decelerating.

[The Andy-Man]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Retraction has been shown to be unlikely, as the universe is accelerating in its dispersal, not decelerating.

though i don't get how it is getting faster... maybe there is a large bulk of gravity around the universe pulling it outwards?

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by The Andy-Man
though i don't get how it is getting faster... maybe there is a large bulk of gravity around the universe pulling it outwards?

'Tis a puzzlement, but some postulate "Dark Matter" out there which is doing the pulling.

[The Andy-Man]

and does this big the question of where the dark matter came from?

I knwo they have an idea what it is though, a mass of electrons isn't it?

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


'Tis a puzzlement, but some postulate "Dark Matter" out there which is doing the pulling.

I think you mean dark energy.

Dark matter would recollapse the universe, dark energy would push it apart.