“The Universe may have begun inside a black hole, not a Big Bang”

 

 

For nearly a century, modern cosmology has treated the Big Bang as the opening moment of everything, the instant when space, time, and energy burst into existence from an infinitely dense point. That picture has explained a great deal, from the cosmic microwave background to the large-scale distribution of galaxies. It has also left behind some stubborn problems, including the question of what happened at the singularity itself, where the known laws of physics break down.

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“Physicists rewrite Einstein’s equations to define spacetime evolution”

 

 

Spacetime is often described as the stage on which the universe unfolds, a four-dimensional blend of space and time that bends, stretches and shifts as matter and energy move through it. However, despite more than a century of work since Einstein introduced general relativity, physicists still struggle to describe how that stage evolves when gravity becomes violent, nonlinear and hard to predict.

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Something Unseen Animates the Human Body

 

“Something unseen animates the inert clay of your being. Something intangible is added to the earthly material of your body. Think not primarily of your material self, nor say ‘My heart is supreme.’ For within your body resides the soul, which activates the thinking heart, and is not the resident of the dwelling of greater importance than the materials of its construction?

“Gaze upon a corpse; see. It is empty of life, something that was is no longer there; the soul is missing.

“Your soul is the Lord of your Body, suffer not the subject to rebel, nor to assert its sway, for its domination cannot be beneficial. Let the soul not only vitalize, but rule and direct the flesh, that wildness and excesses may be held in leash.

“The soul delights in sweet smells and knows the perfumes of Earth by the performance of the nose. It rejoices in delicacies of the table and tastes them only through the workings of the mouth. Food feeds the flesh, but the flesh finds no pleasure in eating, for it is the soul, which experiences the enjoyment of food.”

The Kolbrin Bible (MPR:3:6-9)

Something Unseen

Something unseen animates the physical body, not only of humans, but of all physical beings. That something is Spirit. All things have a Spirit. Native Americans believe that even things we consider nonliving, such as rocks and rivers, have a Spirit, and they are correct.

The Soul Activates the Thinking Heart

Some in the past may have believed that thinking happened in the heart, but it doesn’t. We know today that thinking happens in the brain and is not related to the Soul or spirit in any way. What some recent scientific research has found, however, is that consciousness does not originate in the brain, but comes from outside of us. Some think there is only one consciousness, but it has layers like those of an onion. The primary goal of spiritual development is to rise up to the highest level of consciousness.

The quote is correct in saying that the resident of a dwelling is more important than the material of its construction. In this case, both consciousness and Spirit are more important than the physical body.

Let the Soul Rule

It is important for the Soul to rule over and control the Ego. In order for it to do that, it must be awakened and developed. Unfortunately, that can’t happen overnight. It takes years of practicing Spiritual development techniques before it can happen.

The Soul Delights in Sweet Smells

The Soul does delight in sweet smells. They can be an aid to awakening the Soul. That is why incense was originally used in some churches and temples. Pleasant music can have a similar effect on the Spirit and Soul. I disagree with the claim that it is the Soul that enjoys the taste of food. Science today is much more advanced than when the Kolbrin Bible was written, so we know that taste is a physical sense located in the taste buds of the tongue. Not only is physical food not tasted by the soul, but the Law of God says that killing and eating other beings, plant or animal, is wrong.



“Young Sun-like Stars Are Not As Menacing As Thought”

 

 

The Sun is relatively calm and steady today, but it’s believed that it was much more problematic in its youth, regularly releasing powerful flares that could have bombarded the Earth. Observations of star clusters with several telescopes have shown that sunlike stars might not be as bombastic in their youth as previously believed. When it comes to X-rays, anyway. The research showed that yellow dwarfs in young clusters emit only one-third as much X-rays as models had predicted.

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“DECam’s New Image of the Sombrero Galaxy: A Portrait of Ancient Mergers”

 

 

Here is the famous Sombrero Galaxy, captured by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Victor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope. Before Vera Rubin, this was the world’s largest camera, containing 570 megapixels. The Sombrero Galaxy is 31 million light-years away and part of the Virgo II Group. It contains one of the largest supermassive black holes that we know of, with at least a billion solar masses. The galaxy’s central bulge is surrounded by 2,000 globular star clusters, ten times as many as the Milky Way has.

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“The Universe Builds Stars by the Book”

 

 

Stars form out of nebulae in a range of sizes from giants to tiny dwarfs with a fraction of the mass of the Sun. What decides how massive a star will be? New research shows that the total mass of the star cluster sets the rules, stamping out stars according to a mathematical model. Star formation always follows the most ordered, efficient path available, with the total mass of the cluster being the biggest predictor for the mass distribution of the stars inside it.

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“Astronomers Find the Edge of the Milky Way’s Star-Forming Disc”

 

 

Where does the Milky Way begin and end? It’s not a simple question because it contains stars, a halo of field stars and gas, and then an even larger halo of dark matter that stretches almost to Andromeda. A new paper suggests that the Milky Way’s star-forming regions define an important boundary, and they’ve traced this edge to about 40,000 light-years from the galaxy’s core. Beyond this region, the stars probably migrated out through gravitational interactions, but didn’t form there.

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God is Above All

“The One God is above all in greatness, but under Him above all else on Earth is the soul of man. It is not isolated from the Godhead above, nor from the mortal below, for it is that, which spans the gulf between. It is the link between God and man, between immortal and mortal.

“Nothing exists, which is or can be isolated from all else. There is a connection between Earth and the Region of Glory, a link between dust and star. From the Highest God down to the mote runs an unbroken and unbreakable chain.

“Man is apart from all other creatures, in that he has foreknowledge of death and decay. If man be immortal, then it is the burden of his immortality; but if he passes to nothingness, he is cursed above the unknowing beasts, which know not the dread of approaching doom.

“Has man been placed above the beasts to be confronted with his

own nothingness? Is his superiority nought but the father of terrors? Such cannot be, for the direction of life is ever towards betterment, and it cannot be cast back upon itself.”

-The Kolbrin Bible (MPR:3:1-4)

The Greatness of God

It should be obvious that the greatness of God is greater than that of any other being, but some people don’t understand that. If any other being were greater than God, then that being would be the true god.

Soul of Man

It is true that the Soul of Man is above all else on Earth. The Soul is that part of us that is capable of immortal life, but we must make the effort to awaken and develop it while we are on Earth. It is true that the human Spirit, which becomes a Soul when properly developed, Links Heaven and Earth. The Spiritual Sun also acts as an intermediary between Man and God by bringing God’s Light to us, but it is up to us to accept that Light and use it to develop our Spirit.

Nothing Can Be Isolated

This statement in the quote is true. Nothing can be isolated from other things. Everything is connected. In Cosolargy, we wear our sacred thread to remind us of that fact. Until recently, most scientists disagreed with this belief, but increasing evidence of the fact is starting to convince some. Particularly, the fact that scientific experiments have shown that two identical particles can affect each other, even when separated by a large distance.

Man is Different

It is true that man is different from all other Earthbound beings in that he has foreknowledge of death. Not that we know when we will die, but we know that someday our physical self will end. That is why it is so important to develop our spiritual Self before that happens. And while animals may not understand death as we do, there is evidence that when a pet is dying, they are aware of it and will behave in certain ways that are different from their normal behavior.

Direction of Life

It is true that the direction of life is always toward betterment, but materialistic scientists think that evolution has always moved forward. In actual fact, man has devolved from a much greater being of Light and Spirit. We are now at the point in human history where we can choose to turn around and start evolving again. God has sent us the Sun of Righteousness to help. But God isn’t going to do it all for us. We need to make the effort ourselves.



“Is the Earliest Supermassive Black Hole Mystery Solved?”

 

 

Astronomers continue to find supermassive black holes at earlier and earlier times in the Universe, challenging theories about how they might form. In a new paper, researchers studied the role that dark matter played in the early Universe, suggesting that the decay of dark matter could have influenced the birth and growth of those early supermassive black holes. Dark matter particles could send very small amounts of energy into a gas cloud, which could kick-start the black hole formation process.

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“Binary Stars Form Lots Of Exoplanets, But Many Of Them Are Ejected As Rogue Planets”

 

 

Most large stars come from multi-stellar systems, and the evidence seems to show that many of them will have formed planets. Astronomers have now found many examples of circumbinary planets, which orbit around both stars in the system, remaining stable for billions of years. But the gravitational interactions aren’t completely stable and probably eject many planets from the system when it’s forming, throwing rogue planets out into the Milky Way.

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