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by cyent
Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:53 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: WMAP Resolves the Universe - Those accuracy figures!
Replies: 6
Views: 3531

It goes like this: I've got a theory, but numeric values of constants are missing part, so I set up a device to measure them with 1% error max, in accordance to my theory. Would I happen to have different theory, I would build different device to measure different constant values, again with 1% err...
by cyent
Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:08 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: WMAP Resolves the Universe - Those accuracy figures!
Replies: 6
Views: 3531

WMAP Resolves the Universe - Those accuracy figures!

The universe is 13.7 billion years old (accurate to 1 percent), expanding at the rate of 71 km/sec/Mpc (accurate to 5 percent), Are they real? Are they absolute? Or merely the accuracy of this particular observation not including the errors in all the other observations on which they are built. It ...
by cyent
Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:50 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD 10th Anniversary: Congratulations
Replies: 44
Views: 25130

Congratulations and Thanks!

You are doing humanity a great service giving us a daily dose of beauty and perspective.

Thank You!