Evolution of the Wave-based Universe (Part 8)

In the last post, we saw how the Universe would look 1 Gyr after the first introduction of Wave 2 essential elements into Space (@ 17 Gyr). Two classes of Wave 2 galaxies were forming in various U₂ areas throughout the original U₁ area. Clusters of Wave 2 galaxies were just starting to take shape.

The Universe at 17 Gyr contains many U2 areas, each of which contain two classes of evolving Wave 2 galaxies.

If we zoom out from the close-up on a single evolving U₂ area and look at the larger Universe at 17 Gyr, it would look something like this:

You can see that the overall size of the Universe has increased slightly, from 3.22U to 3.24U as a result of the combined expansions of the various U₂ areas. Notice that each U₂ area is now filled with its own set of galaxies. (Hard to see, but they’re there!) As well, the ultra-low-density areas remaining in U₁ at 16 Gyr have disappeared over the last billion years, as by this time almost all new introductions are now in the less-dense U₂ areas.

At this point in the evolution of the Universe, according to CEC, I want to place us where we are. I believe that the Milky Way galaxy, where our solar system and planet exist, is a Wave 2 galaxy. The reasons for this choice are based on current observations that can be made – and more about those observations will be revealed over time. For now, let’s simply say that our U₂ area is the one highlighted in the orange rectangle above. At this time, I can’t think of a particular reason to pick one U₂ area over another, so I’ll just go with that one for our discussion.

If we zoom in again on that particular U₂ area, we can then pick from the young, evolving galaxies the one that represents our Milky Way galaxy (marked with an orange circle below).

This picture of our own U2 area shows where our home galaxy (The Milky Way) is situated. The dotted orange circle represents the limits of the Observable Universe as of this moment in time (AD 2013).

I’ve selected a galaxy from the second class of Wave 2 galaxies – that is, one that was formed from the second Wave 2 introduction. We won’t be zooming further into the galactic scale to show exactly where Earth is. For this discussion, we’re only focussing on the galaxy-by-galaxy level.

The four other galaxies in the above map that would eventually form a local galaxy cluster are stand-ins for the approximately 1300 galaxies that actually make up our Virgo Cluster.

The dotted orange circle surrounding our nascent U₂ area takes a little explaining…. This circle represents an approximation of our Observable Universe. Basically, the area within the circle is the limit of how “far” we will be able to see at the present time (AD 2013). Anything within that circle, including as the circle expands as the enclosed U₂ are expands, is possible for us to see today when we look out at the stars. If something happens outside this circle, there is no way we can directly observe it from Earth at this time.

You can also think of it in the following way. The light travelling from something happening at the edge of the circle at 17 Gyr will just now be reaching us on Earth. This is because as the light generated at 17 Gyr moves towards us, more and more space is being added (through introductions) between that approaching light and us, the observers. In a similar way, if something happened at the edge of this expanding circle at 18 Gyr, we would not be able to see it on Earth until at least 1 Gyr from now.

The fundamental principle I’m try to get across here is that the Observable Universe – what we can and cannot observe at our particular moment in time is different than the actual current state of that same area. This is a hard concept to wrap your head around, but it also holds true in the current models of the Universe.

Now that we know where we are in the overall Universe, in upcoming posts I’ll discuss when we are in the Universe and how our local U₂ area is changing around us even though we cannot yet see it.