Janet Turpin MyersThe universe is a gathering of nows that I spread before my feet like a landscape.
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The universe is a gathering of nows that I spread before my feet like a landscape. The universe expands and contracts as a result of the gravitational force between stars and planets. When the stars and planets move closer together, they form a denser cluster. When they move farther apart, they form a less dense cluster.
The expansion and contraction of the universe from one moment to the next can be thought of as a sort of wobbling. This wobbling is the landscape that we call the universe. Just as we might look at a line of mountains and see it as a single mountain, we may also think about the universe as just one thing: The expanding cluster of galaxies.
Source: Nightswimming
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