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Show Astronomers Hopingto Hoping to Discover Nev New NewPrinciple NewPrinciple , Principle of NatureGreat Nature NatureGreat Great Telescope May MaySolve MaySolve Solve Their Problem ProblemBy By ROBERT D . . POTTEREITHER POTTER POTl'ER POTlER POTl'EREITHER POTTERI7ITHER ' EITHER I7ITHER astronomers are aresoon aresoon areJL soon to discover some somenew somenew somenew new , hitherto unrecogmzed unrecognized unrecogmzedprmclple unrecognizedprinciple unrecognizedprinciple prmclple principle of nature or else elsetelescopes elsetelescopes elsetelescopes telescopes , such as the 100-inch 100 inch 100- 100 100mch 100inch - mch inch diameter instrument mstrument of ofMt ofMt ofMt Mt . . Wilson observatory , are arenow arenow arenow now looking lookmg about to the lim bm- bm bmI bmItS hm- hm hmits limits - - I its of the universe umverse . I This is the choice which Dr EdwlD Edwin EdwlDHubble EdwinHubble Edv/mHubble Edv mHubble / Hubble , . Mt Wilson Nilson observatory's observatorys observatory'snoted observatory'snoted observatory'snoted observatorysnoted ' ' noted astronomer , e extends .tends tends > . to his fel felI fellow fellow fellow I low scientists . As soon as the new new200 I 200 inch mch telescope being bemg erected on on1.1t onMt onMt 1.1t 11t Mt . Palomar , California Cal1formn is moper- moper moperI moperatIon in oper oper- operation operation - I ation and studies studlcs on the light hght from fromthe fromthe fromthe the most distant nebulae are made madewith madewith madewith with it , , astronomy may have the answer an- an answer an answer - . swer to its present quandary quandaryIxpandmg quandaryExpanding quandaryExpanding Ixpandmg Expanding : Una Unnerse Uniserse erse Theory . The trouble is with the present theory the theory theory ory of the expanding expandmg universe umverse WhiCh WhiChaccounts whichaccounts whichaccounts accounts nicely mcely for the shifting of ofthe ofthe ofthe the light hght from distant nebulae nebulaetowa nebulaetoward nebulaetoward towa toward rd the red end of the spectrum spectrumThe spectrumThe spectrumThe The expanding expandmg universe theory , one onerecalls onerecalls onerecalls recalls , pictures pIcture , some tremendous tremendousexplosIOn tremendousexplosion tremendousexplosion explosIOn in ages nges past which sent sentout sentout sentout out matter that is still expanding expandingJust expandingJust expandingJust Just as the whistle of a train goes goesto goesto goesto to a lower pitch as it rushes away awayfrom awayfrom av/ayfrom av ayfrom / from the observer so too , , in the op- op optical op optical - . tical trial case , does the light from a anebula anebula anebula nebula rushing rushmg away from the ob- ob observer observer ob observer - server go to a lower "pitch pitch " , " whIch whichin , in the case of light , means a shift shifttoward shifttoward shifttoward toward the red end of the spectrumThe spectrumThe spectrum spectrumThe The trouble with this interpretation interpretationof of the "red red " shift " " is that it leaves leavesone leavesone leavesone one with a universe that is small smallclosed , closed and dense ; a universe whose whoseouter whoseouter whoseouter outer limit hmlt is but little httle more than thanthe thanthe thanthe the present seeing seemg limits I1mlts of eXlstmg existing eXlstmgtelescopes existingtelescopes existingtelescopes existingtelescopesAstronomers telescopes telescopesAstronomers Astronomers Not Satisfied . Frankly astronomers admit that thatthey thatthey thatthey they have yet no alternative theorywhich theory theorywhich theorywhich which fits the observed facts so sat- sat satIsfactorIly satisfactorily sat satisfactorily - isfactorily but many of them cannot cannothelp cannothelp . help feeling that they are nre not now nowlookIng nowlooking nowlooking lookIng to the limits I1mits of space or any any- anywhere anywhere anywhere - where near it and that the present presentregIOn presentregion presentregion regIOn they observe is probably only onlya ' a small part of a far vaster spaceI spaceAlternatIve spaceAlternative space spaceAlternative I Alternative solution is to avoidcalling aVOId avoidcalling ; callIng the "red red " shift " evidence of ofan ofan ofan an expanding e\pandlng e pandlng ' \ universe umverse and to visu visu- visualize visualize . - alize one that is static and far vaster vasterin vasterin I 1 m in both age and volume But be- be before be before . - fore that can be done some scien sCien- sCientIst scien- scien scientist scientist - - tist will have to discover , recognIze recognIzeand recognizeand recognizeand and interpret mterpret the new prmclple principle principleof prmclpleof of nature Like a careful moun moun- mountain mountain . - tain tam climber clunber , scientists do not jumpoff Jump Jumpoff jumpoff off a time tried safe ledge of ofknowledge o oknowledge ofknowledge knowledge until untiI they have a betterone betterone better one |