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The astronomical objects that shouldn’t exist (Synopsis) [Starts With A Bang]
“Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” -Boris Pasternak
When it comes to theoretical physics, you might realize the entire point is to set up a framework to predict what phenomena are going to occur in the Universe. So if you rewind the clock back to very early times, set up the initial conditions and apply those laws, you would expect to get our Universe out, if we’ve gotten things correct.
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons user Unmismoobjetivo; of a logarithmic view of the Universe as centered on the Earth.
And if we don’t have things figured out properly? We’ll start observing objects that we didn’t correctly predict. But does that mean that the laws of nature, the fundamental particles therein or even our overarching theories are wrong? Perhaps, but that isn’t the most likely explanation.
Image credit: screenshot from http://www.sciencealert.com/a-black-hole-12-billion-times-more-massive-than-our-sun-has-been-detected.
Source: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2015/03/04/the-astronomical-objects-that-shouldnt-exist-synopsis/
