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Re:Evidence that the key assumption made in discovery of dar... by adrianN on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:14AM (#21977093)
As I understand it, the forces that keep matter together are strong enough to counteract any expansion.
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Re:Evidence that the key assumption made in discovery of dar... by Koshkin on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @07:35AM (#21979341)
Unlikely, because expansion of space is equivalent to the slowing of light, as other commenters have mentioned.
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Re:Evidence that the key assumption made in discovery of dar... by cygx on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @07:45AM (#21979405)
Such heuristic explanations are distractions: Locally, gravitational effects (including spatial expansion) manifest as pseudo-forces and hence can be counteracted.
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