The Well Balanced Universe

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Deepest Hubble image surprises astronomers
The Hubble Space Telescope has made the deepest image of the universe ever by using near-infrared light. The light from the furthest objects in the image has taken an incredible 13.1 billion years to reach us, a mere 600 million years after the Big Bang. 15 Feb 2010

Millions of hours of expensive supercomputer time used to prop up big bang model.
By making computer simulations of cosmic explosions big enough and frequent enough it was possible to generate galaxies with substantially lower densities at their cores, closely matching the observed properties of dwarf galaxies. 12 Feb 2010

Hubble captures stunning images of double aurora on Saturn.
Stunning new images taken by the Hubble space telescope have given a once in a lifetime view of the fluttering aurorae that light up both of Saturn's poles. The observations have allowed researchers to monitor the behaviour of both Saturn's poles in the same shot over a sustained period of time. 12 Feb 2010

New views of Orion Nebula
New images taken by the world's largest infrared telescope have revealed new details of the Orion Nebula. The images taken by the European Southern Observatory's new VISTA survey telescope reveal many of its hidden secrets.

Furthest stellar mass black hole ever found
Astronomers have detected a stellar-mass black hole much farther away than any other previously known — 6 million light years. With a mass above fifteen times that of the Sun, this is also the second most massive stellar-mass black hole ever found. 12 Feb 2010

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Overview

Since the times of Newton and Einstein, theories of the universe have invariably been based on the law of gravity, because the work of both scientists seemed to imply that gravity is the dominant influence acting on all matter. The widely accepted big bang theory, for example, has been based on Einstein's version of the law of gravity, his theory of general relativity.

However, gravity is just one of many different forms of energy. This fact alone implies that the balance and flow of energy throughout the universe are even more fundamental in the whole scheme of things. Consequently, the procedure adopted in the following short book is to start with the law of energy flow (otherwise known as “the second law of thermodynamics”) rather than the law of gravity.

First, this law is explained with the aid of straightforward, everyday examples. It is then demonstrated that by applying this law on a cosmic scale it is possible to understand the dynamics of the universe in a completely new way.

The consequences of this proposition are explored and compared with the predictions of the big bang theory. It is shown that all observations of the universe can be explained without the need for an explosion out of nothing, expanding space, inflation, dark matter, black holes, dark energy, or any of the other strange inventions associated with the big bang.

Surprisingly, it also emerges from this analysis that gravity itself can be interpreted in a new way. It seems that our experiences of gravity here on Earth and in the Earth's environment are just part of a much grander picture that includes both attractive and repulsive gravity in different regions of the universe. The validity of this interpretation is reinforced by the fact that the long-standing problems with gravity that plagued Newton, Einstein and subsequent researchers are all resolved.

In the process, and as a further bonus, the universe acquires an element of symmetry and balance that has long been sought after but never previously achieved.

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