Originally posted by Erno86
reply to post by ZeskoWhirligan
Zesko ---- The force that connects the outermost rim of our galaxy to the galactic center ---- is space itself, or spacetime; because space is curved
as it is affected by gravitational bodies.
Am I right?
Well, Space-Time is the fabric
out of which everything else is made, in varying densities. So, a gas planet is MADE out of Space-Time, and a
rocky planet is MADE out of Space-Time, as are stars and black holes and galaxies and everything else. You're just looking at
different
manifestations of Space-Time, different manifestations of Matter and Energy.
As these manifestations of Matter and Energy gain MASS, they
warp the matrix of Space-Time to different degrees. This
warp of the
fabric of Space-Time can be measured in terms of
Gravity.
The thing about the
Galactic Rotation problem is that
there's not enough VISIBLE MATTER contained in a galaxy to create the amount of
Gravity NECESSARY to hold it together as a unit. I mean, Galaxy formation is
still a profound mystery to Science.
This is what Science knows about Galaxies — They're huge collections of stars and gas and dust whirling around mysterious centers that they ASSUME
are Supermassive Blackholes.
But what came first? The supermassive blackholes, drawing in these rafts of gas and dust over billions of years? Or did the rafts of gas and dust
merge out of the void, becoming denser and denser until a supermassive blackhole was formed in the center?
Thing is, even a supermassive blackhole a BILLION TIMES more DENSE than our Sun doesn't warp the fabric of Space-Time ENOUGH to affect the outermost
rim of the galaxy. I mean, we're talking about Macro-Gravity working across
tens and hundreds of thousands of Light Years. Which is unheard
of.
So, the supermassive blackhole is not
gravitationally attached to the rim of the galaxy. Can't be. And the
Visible Matter of the
Galaxy
isn't sufficient to bond the Galaxy together and account for this rotational constant from the center out to the rim.
So WHAT is holding the Galaxy together? It's nothing visible. Astrophysicists
speculate that it's
Dark Matter. That doesn't mean it's
a dark cloud of matter that exists in this Universe. It means it's
something with mass that extends into another dimension. It means the
galaxies, as we know them, are just the
four-dimensional aspect that we can see —
they're the tips of icebergs.
The great bulk of the galaxies exist in OTHER dimensions. Like the Fifth Dimension, where the source of Gravity is thought to reside.
edit on 23-1-2012 by ZeskoWhirligan because: (no reason given)