Feb. 9, 2021
The data of the red shift of stars farther away supposedly shows them accelerating faster than closer objects, based on a larger red shift. I have two questions about this.
1. We are seeing those that are farther away longer ago in time. So maybe they are slower now. Why doesn't a bigger red shift farther back in time indicate the expansion of the universe is slowing down, not speeding up?
2. The farther away they are, the more matter that photons pass near, leading to an increased red shift. With the evidence of a lot of matter that we can't directly detect (dark matter, which might be ordinary matter), that would cause more red shift, making for an appearance of higher speed than really is the case.
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