Approximately a century ago, when a Dutch astronomer named ‘Willem de Sitter’ propounded a ‘static model of the universe’ everybody thought of him to be insane. However, unlike the thinking of those scientists he was prophesying something that was excessively ahead of that era – some 3 trillion years ahead!
Can you believe these words said by sir E. L. Wright (UCLA), The COBE Project, DIRBE, (NASA) – “The Milky Way in infrared as it is seen today. In 3 trillion years, physicist Lawrence Krauss and Robert J. Scherrer predict that only “an island universe” made from the Milky Way and its nearby galactic Local Group neighbors will be perceivable in an overwhelmingly dark void.”
World-renowned physicists, sir Lawrence Krauss (Case Western Reserve University) and Robert J. Scherrer (Vanderbilt University) have prophesized that some 3 trillion years hence our universe would not be the same as it is today. Rather our universe would seize to bestow us with it’s evolution story and that it would be difficult for any astronomer to judge it’s origin. We would never be able to gather the information that we collect today in regards to the existence and structural patterns of the same. There would be no clues and evidences left that could give us the information regarding the expansion of our universe.
It is propounded that the galactic Local Group neighbors of our galaxy – the Milky Way, would contribute in instigating a so called “island universe.” This Dark Void theory seems to be a concerning matter for the human race.
In their article, “The Return of the Static Universe and the End of Cosmology,” some well known scientists have concluded that - “While physicists of the future will be able to infer that their island universe has not been eternal, it is unlikely they will be able to infer that the beginning involved a Big Bang.” This well written and well-researched article got an excellent response from all over the world and was also able to bag topmost awards for year 2007 by “Gravity Research Foundation”.
The October issue of the “Journal of Relativity and Gravitation” will publish this article. To understand the evolution of our good old universe the scientists relate to the “cosmic microwave background radiation” that came into existence after the so-called “Big Bang” phenomenon or the “initiation of universe.” Sir Krauss opined that Edwin Hubble proposed all of his theories and experiments considering this cosmic microwave background radiation as his “pillars of the modern Big Bang” hypothesis.
What he meant was that the galaxies are getting farer and away from the evidences that reveal the existence and expansion of the universe. He took into consideration the “Einstein’s General Relativity Theory” that actually relates the various phenomenon taking place in the universe to something taken as the “Datum.”; like relating the speed of light with an object that is at rest or rather static. So, in this way one can easily judge the exact speed of light or any other moving object. Seriously, speaking these theories at this stage seems to have originated from a science fiction movie but scientists judge it to be a distant fact.
This would totally depend on the future physicists and astronomers that how they use the evidences and clues so as to unleash the mysteries of the evolution and formation of the universe. The question of the hour is that – how they would be able to cross the vast distances between “future solar systems?” Will they be competent enough to tame the dark surroundings and environments of the “isolated universes”?
In their opinion, the future physicists would have no applications by any means to analyze the mere existence of this universe. The void in the gravitational dynamics of moving galaxies would be a huge barrier in their way and thus they will have no inkling whatsoever about the existing evolution of the human race. I empathize with them too badly.
The scientists stated the fact that - “We live in a special time in the evolution of the universe, the only time at which we can observationally verify that we live in a very special time in the evolution of the universe.”
Our modern day cosmology is proposed from the “Einstein’s theory of general relativity” which draws it’s formulations from the fact that our universe collapses and expands for a uniform density of matter. It also proves that a “Static universe” can encompass an “isolated region” too. The “cosmic microwave background radiation” still holds many mysteries in itself and scientists have jotted down a hell lot of algorithms for the same. Sir Krauss commented that -”We literally will have no way to detect this radiation.”
The researchers considered two primary elements while relating to the “Big Bang” theory – Helium and Deuterium. He opined – “While helium in concentrations of approximately 25 percent at the Big Bang will become indiscernible as stars will produce far more helium in the course of their lives to cloud the origins of the early universe. Eventually, the universe will appear static; all evidence of modern cosmology will have disappeared.”
Sir Krauss ended by stating that - “We may feel smug in that we can detect a host of things future civilizations will not know about, but by the same token, this suggests we wonder about what important aspects of the universe we ourselves may be missing. Thus, our results suggest a kind of a ‘cosmic humility’”.
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