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by Larry Turner
Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:52 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronomy?
Replies: 273
Views: 2163919

Re: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronom

My family went to visit my Aunt at her cabin by the river. We were standing outside. It was dark. I looked up and in awe asked "what is that?" I was thirteen. It was 1950. It was the first time I had seen the Milky Way. I was hooked.
by Larry Turner
Wed May 05, 2010 6:56 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: space and time
Replies: 1
Views: 1178

space and time

Time and Space Consider that space is made up of very small cells that reproduce by splitting. Time is a tick when a particle/string exits a space cell and enters another. Dark energy The expansion of the universe would be explained by the space cells splitting. The further away an object is, the mo...
by Larry Turner
Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:23 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Dark matter, dark energy
Replies: 67
Views: 17051

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Sorry, I didn't read about the existence of small black holes. I thought of it while out on a walk.
by Larry Turner
Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:32 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Dark matter, dark energy
Replies: 67
Views: 17051

Dark matter, dark energy

I'm wondering if the universe has different sized black holes, and that there may exist a multitude of very small black holes. The black holes we've discovered in the center of galaxies indicate the existance of black holes. Perhaps there are black holes of a smaller size spread through the universe...