MIGHTY UNIVERSE
SECRETS OF THE HEAVENS LONDON, September 14. There are galaxies of stars, outside our universe, running away from us, Sir Arthur Eddington told the British Association for the Advancement of Sci. ce, and he added that the greater their distance the faster they move. The maximum traceable speed is 15,000 miles a second. The stars are also retreating from each other. "Nobody is sure," said Sir Arthur, " whether the universe is always expanding or will continue to expand. Unknown circumstances might easily upset calculations. If the theory that the universe began from a congested mass is correct, the universe would be 200,000,0Q0 years old, whereas the earth's age ?s estimated to be at least 2,000,000,000 years. "The late Lord Kelvin, he said, considered the earth was 50,000,000 years old, but we laugh at that to-day, and future scientists may similarly laugh at us."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22068, 26 September 1933, Page 7
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