cosmic ordering what is it?
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Cosmic ordering is the belief that our lives (past, present, & future) all all controled by the allignment of the plants.
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No.\nNot even space itself, in which "entities" exist, is stationary -- it's continually expanding, carrying along those things that are in it.\nMotion is the rule in the universe, nothing stands still.
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If the universe is everything, then what is it expanding into?\n\nBefore we can address that question, we must first define universe.  \n\nThe word universe denotes all space and everything (matter, energy) contained within it.  The prefix uni means one.  The root verse means word, carnate message, meaningful substance, matter.  Questions regarding our universe persist today.  Does it have a beginning and end, or does it go on forever and ever?  Is it linear or curved?  If it has limits of length or curvature, then what lies beyond the Universe?  If something lies beyond the Universe, then can’t we accurately call that the Universe?\n\nSome lay people and some scientists conceive of the universe as infinite space.  Others define the universe as finite, or limited (perhaps curved), space.  Still others incorporate the elements of matter and/or energy into their definition of the universe, as opposed to the space beyond matter and energy.\n\nGiven these concepts of our universe, some scientists conclude that the “totality of space could be infinite. Shrink an infinite space by an arbitrary amount, and it is still infinite. (Scientific American March 2005).”  \n\nAs to the notion that we live in an ever expanding universe, moving away from every other universe on the fabric of space-time, some scientists are careful to point out that “\n\nAndromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbor, is actually moving toward us, not away. Such exceptions arise because Hubble's law describes only the average behavior of galaxies (Scientific American March 2005).”\n\nIn accordance with your supposition that our universe is in another universe, “it has been hypothesized by some scientists that the universe may be part of a system of many other universes, known as the multiverse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe).” Modern astrophysicists talk about multiple "pocket" universes that branch off from one another.  Stephen Hawking points out that parallel pocket universes can have no effect on a real observer inside a single pocket, so, according to Hawking, they are theoretical baggage that should be eliminated from cosmology, the study of the origins of the universe.\n\nSome string theories define the universe as a three-dimensional space in an invisible space having more dimensions. This is, in essence, a universe within a universe.  Our zone, a “braneworld” could periodically bounce into another parallel braneworld.  This may create what would appear as a Big Bang from one perspective or a Big Bounce of alternating expanding and contracting universe from another perspective.  Such a cataclysmic event is thought to occur 300 billion years from now, resulting in the rearranging and creation of a new universe.\n\nIf the universe is everything, then what is it expanding into?  It seems that our universe is all matter, space, and energy that we can perceive in this closed system.  However, that does not mean that there is not additional matter, space, and energy outside our universe.  In other words, there are probably other universes.  Therefore, the zone that we call our universe (or braneworld) may be moving through or expanding into other universes (or braneworlds).  In sum, all universes may be moving through a multiverse.\n \nSteve\n:-D
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1.Steady State Theory-According to this theory,as old galaxies move apart new galaxies are being formed in their space.\n2.Pulsating Universe-According to this,universe contracts and expands alternately.A great explosion occurred in the universe and it has been expanding since then.After some time gravitation would halt further expansion.After that all matter will begin to collapse upon itself and the process will be repeated. \n\n   However the most probable theory is the Big Bang.
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Homogenous Universe\n\nAll observations scientists have made using the most powerful telescopes show that the universe looks the same in all directions! \n\nThe average density of galaxies is the same and does not change with distance or direction. \n\nThis shows that the universe is  homogenous, and this is called the Cosmological Principle.\n\nHomogeneous (usually pronounced: homo-GEEN-ee-us) means literally, to be the same throughout, no matter where you are in the universe. "If you look at the universe from earth or from a galaxy a million lightyears away, it will look the same." \n\nLOOK at IMAGE: http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/121/unv2pv.png
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Size & volume of the current universe have little bearing on how "big" or "small" the singularity was at the moment this universe came into being, since the structures of the various sub-atomic particles that make up atoms and unltimately the "stuff" you have difficulty in "compacting" were not yet defined sufficiently for your question to have meaning.  Not that it's a bad question.  It's just in the same family as "well i know the Universe is infinite, but what's outside it?"\n\nStephen W.Hawking might be a good place to start.
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The concept of coupling is important in physical cosmology\n-various forms of matter gradually decouple and recouple between each other\n\nalso important in making plasmas
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oscillating universe\nIn astronomy, theory stating that the gravitational attraction of the mass within the universe will eventually slow down and stop the expansion of the universe. The outward motions of the galaxies will then be reversed, eventually resulting in a ‘Big Crunch’ where all the matter in the universe will be contracted into a small volume of high density. This could undergo a further Big Bang, thereby creating another expansion phase. The theory suggests that the universe would alternately expand and collapse through alternate Big Bangs and Big Crunches.
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Yes.  Infinity goes in both directions.  Space is space, large or small.  IMHO  ;-)
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There are some things that we c an all agree on. There is a numbered amount of materials in the universe, we are all made of the same chemicals/compounds/metals etc. We can also agree that at a lower level (atomic/subatomic) everything in the universe is made of the same few things (atoms/electron/quarks/strings etc.), so my question becomes this. What force guides matter at the subatomic level. What tells this group of atoms to form a diamond molecule and the other to form water, or a feather. What tells the atomic structure of rubber to bounce and concrete to, well, to NOT!\n\nTo me, to deny the idea of intelligent design is much more of a leap than to accept the obvious, evident truth all around us that although chaos exists all around us, if you look deep enough there is most definitely order and intelligence in the universe. God may not be the man in the Bible but God most definitely rules the universe at the atomic level.....so, no, similarities between species means nothing more than that, similarities....
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I think you are confusing homogenous with constant. The fact that the universe consists of packs of matter separated by tremendous amounts of empty space makes it exactly inhomogeneous! However, because of conservation of energy, there is a constant interrelationship to the universe.
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Up and down, in space, on earth, anywhere are established by convention.  Up is the direction we all agree to be up.  Usually, on earth we choose toward the center of the earth or along the earths gravity gradient to be down and up to be in the opposite direction.\n\nIn a place (like most of space) without a single over-powering gravity gradient, you have to develop a different convention.  If you watch the space shuttle astronauts, they tend to follow a convetion established by the shuttle builders.  Things are arranged, labeled, etc with the assumption of a floor and a ceiling and this provides the up/down convetion.
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On one theory, the space of the Universe (as well as its contents) is what's expanding. That theory says the total amount of space is finite, and that finite quantity just gets bigger every second.  What, you might then ask, is outside of space?  There's no outside!  It's like asking, "What's north of the North Pole?"
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The geometry of the universe is non-euclidian. if you carry on going in a straight line you will eventually come back to your starting point.
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Nothingness.\n\nOr maybe it's encroaching on another Universe?  Hmmmm......
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The universe has been shown to be decaying.  It is going from an orderly state to a disorderly state.  This is called entropy.\n\nThere is no known natural force or law in the universe that reverses this.  On a small scale, we can see that our intelligence reverses disorder temporarily.\n\nTherefore, on a universal scale, there must be an intelligence (obviously an intelligence far beyond ours) with the power to set the universe in order to start with.  These are two of the attributes of God.\n\nSo, yes, order in the universe is a proof of God.\n\n-------------------------\n\nTo address some flaws in a previous answer's argument:\n\nThe "Laws of nature" are just another way of saying "the rules of order."  And like any procedure, someone makes the rules.  Like a basketball game, there could be any set of rules, but the ones that are used are what distinguish it from being a hockey game.  And these rules were decided upon by intelligent beings.\n\nAlso, it is not true that all things must lead to infinite regression.  Infinite regression is only one possibility; the other is infinite existence -- in other words, God.
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The second law of thermodynamics states that in any closed system (whih could mean the universe), the total entropy (disorder) is always increasing.\nThe total disorder in the universe is always increasing despite the fact that sometimes, certain areas seem to be getting more ordered.  Take, for example, a randomly arranged deck of cards which is in a state of total entropy.  If you rearrange the cards and order them up again, it would seem like the total entropy went down, actually, it still went up.  The energy you spent arranging the cards created a greater increase in entropy than the outcome of the arranged cards.  In other words, no matter what, entropy is always increasing.\n\nEven the energy I spent typing a seemingly ordered set of characters to make works in this answer has increased the total entropy in the universe (you can thank me later).\n\nThe second law of thermodynamics is a LAW for a reason.\nYou cannot reverse the flow of entropy, if you decrease it one place, it must increase somewhere else with a greater magnitude.