Are astronomers and physicists just making shit up?

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Let's be foreal, how do they know what is light years away or how far the observable universe looks like or how far it is, our space scientists talk about everything in space like they are sending exploration expedition ships to explore at light speed, what a plot twist would it be if alien exist and our knowledge on space is collected from their found ships and crafts and we are just here like we found this and that, I think they are just shitting everything out at this point, yea James web telescope is impressive but not that impressive, the thing will never leave our galaxy in any of our lifetimes nor your children lifetime or children's childrens lifetime, do any of y'all know or have solid information on how they gather information cause our history on space is a joke compared to what we supposedly know, we went to the moon and send some rovers to mars, and supposedly threw Katy perry to orbit on a cock shaped rocket, that's about it, for them to go like 400 million light years away there's a full planet made of pure diamonds, our neighboring galaxy is bla bla, no technology we have allows us to see anything related to our neighbor galaxy, these people probably in a room smoking pot going like "what if we tell the world that..."😂💀

WindAtMyBack · Accepted Answer

OK. Close one eye. Raise one finger up about a foot from your eye. Raise the other finger up about two feet from your eye. Now line them up.

Now, open the other eye and close the first one. Are the fingers still lined up? You might have 2-3 finger widths between them.

Now move the further finger closer to the first one, maybe half the distance. Now repeat the above. How much distance between the fingers now? Half a finger width? One finger?

So mathematically, do you think it's possible to calculate the distance between the fingers the first and second times?

Everything in the universe is moving. The Earth, solar system, galaxy. They are all moving in relation to each other. If you observe something far away, then observe it again some time later, you will have the same affect as the fingers. What was lined up in the distant universe yesterday, is not lined up today. Do you think you can calculate the distance between them the same way as with the fingers?

When the fingers didn't align with the left and right eyes, it's called parallax. You are viewing things from a different position, so things don't line up the same.

With the universe, everything is moving. If you observe it one second apart, things will not line up exactly the same. Combine PARallax and SECond and you get PARSEC. That is a unit of measure for vast distances. It's calculated the same way as the distance between the finger. (Second refers to the angle, not time.)

jshm2 · Accepted Answer

Well... Science is as subject to fraud, self-interest and corruption as any other human venture out there. But that doesn't mean you chuck everything out.

There are good and bad in everything, and it's why you need to be more discerning about sources and their values.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

That's how they learn things, they come up with theories based on what they know so far and then try to prove or disprove those theories. Theoretical physics is very different from what it was 100 years ago because of this process, and their peers don't let them get away with anything, they're always checking and rechecking each other on everything.

That's why I don't believe intelligent life is anywhere even remotely nearby to Earth, and why their can't be UFOs. There almost surely is somewhere in the universe, but even if they were in our own galaxy (which they're probably not), Earth to them would be like an anthill to us in the backyard. A toddler might stumble over it by accident and look down at it for 3 seconds, but an adult wouldn't go looking for it to visit or study or destroy.

DishLady · Accepted Answer

Some are... they've gotta get their doctoral degrees...

Staximus · Answer

These supposed NASA scientists or university astronomers will go into great detail like they actually know something about the object they are looking at on the other side of the Galaxy. They don't even have a clear image of it, they're just analyzing the light moving past it and the colors and wavelengths of the light and then saying oh this planet has the atmosphere made of this and this planet is made of that and this planet is ra ra ra ra. It's all a bunch of bullshit speculation.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

No, that’s church. They are making things up to fit their narrative, e. g. „the Earth is the center of the universe and everything else revolves around it.“

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

I find it strange to believe, on one hand, in capabilities or existence of James Webb, and on the other hand, disbelieve the very same guys, astronomy field, saying that they are making shit up lol

PrettyCrumblBb · Answer

How come you don't like using "." punctuation?

leahzrc · Answer

Space isn't real. it is a veil that will be lifted at end times. the stars are luminaries that will be hauled out of the sky onto earth.

smahala1991 · Answer

The famous Astrophysicist Dr Brian May from the Queen institute did say *Fat Bottomed Girls make the Rocking world go round"

Anonymous · Answer

No, how can you say that?

AngryCarl2 · Answer

They made up dark matter and dark energy.

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