A SMALLER UNIVERSE
That the distant stars may be much nearer to us than has been supposed, and that consequently modern science may be many billions of miles out in its reckoning, is suggested by several leading American astronomers. The latest measurements of the Universe have been made on the supposition that a ray of light travels without interference through transparent space. Dr. Van de Kamp aiid Dr. Trumpler, eminent American professors, assert that a great deal of light from the stars is absorbed by interfering agents in v space, and that therefore these stars are not so distant as they appear to be. Trumpler found that within the Milky Way system no less than 39 per cent, of the star light is absorbed while travelling through 1000 parsecs—a parsec being equal to 19,200,000,000,000 miles. Therefore, if a star were really 5000 parsecs distant and the absorption of its light in space were to be left but of account, that i star would be computed to be 23,000 parsecs distant, or 96,000,000,000,000 miles farther than it actually was. . >
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 62, 6 December 1930, Page 27
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178A SMALLER UNIVERSE Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 62, 6 December 1930, Page 27
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