Starship Asterisk*

What helped me was to start at the bottom of the pyramid of information (data, knowledge) and also get a wholeistic view of the entire thing, so as to see where it goes, so I'm not blindly following my nose and getting lost by looking at too small a things, and missing the big picture. I think the ...

The APOD image ( APOD: 2006 March 23 - Inflating the Universe ) that is the subject of this discussion is definitely confusing for me. It is confusing because the Explanation does not match the image. The Explanation does say that the diagram " traces the 13.7 billion year " .... " hi...

Basically, imagine the entire universe has been simplified down to the two-dimensional surface of a balloon. Of course. If a balloon is simulated as a two-dimensional surface then of course it would not look right. A balloon is not two-dimensional. I am not an astronomer, but I sure don't understan...