My favorite band is the Ink Spots, and I always had people make fun of me for listening to old music like theirs. I got called weird and other names since the music made others uneasy. Does anyone else get the same responses? Edit: I'm talking about music from the 1960s and before (For the most part as I know many "old songs" peaked then)
From understanding, the reason there is an "edge" to the universe is due to that being the roughly 13.8 billion years is how long the light from the big bang has spent traveling to us, so... would this mean that anything tossed at the "edge" would just... bounce back?
Let's say you teleported to the edge of the universe and had a stick. You and the stick are not affected by being at the edge. Now, you toss the stick at the very edge... what happens to the stick? I know some people say the universe might curve back into itself outside the edge that we see/know, so wouldn't that allow for this claim of the stick "bouncing back" work?
I'm trying to get a better understanding of some concepts in astronomy, and this was an intrusive thought. If anyone can throw any knowledge at me, I welcome it!
I've looked into it extensively, but I still feel lost. I know the field is very niche, which makes it hard to find answers, but I just don't know what to do. I always wanted to be an astronomer to some degree. I was thinking of doing something with some sort of data analyst type job, but where? How do I start? I have multiple telescopes (though they are fairly cheap), and I can only see the moon for the most part due to light pollution. I don't have any clubs near me that I know of either. At most, I know that I need a PhD. to get involved with most things professionally, but what after that? Do I apply at universities? Private companies? Sorry if this seems redundant and that it can answer itself, but I'm rather lost on what steps I take to work towards this field after my education. I've joined a robotics club in my school to learn Python (and due to my interest in robotics too), but that's the most that I think I have progressed to my dream. If anyone can help, please do! Thank you for reading if you did!