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Questions about Time, Distance, and Relativity
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RE: Questions about Time, Distance, and Relativity
November 10, 2014 at 5:19 pm
(November 10, 2014 at 4:10 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Ok..few more...for now...
Considering the balloon analogy, how can galaxies collide if the space BETWEEN them is expanding?

Because over relatively short distances (relative to the amount of mass involved), gravity dominates over the relatively small but ubiquitous influence of expansion.
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RE: Questions about Time, Distance, and Relativity - by Jackalope - November 10, 2014 at 5:19 pm
RE: Questions about Time, Distance, and Relativity - by Alex K - November 11, 2014 at 10:18 am

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