UNIVERSE
(See also Astronomy; Creation; Heaven[s]; Solar System; Stars; Telescopes)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
age: g80 2/8 29; g76 9/8 30; ad 1551; is 17; g69 11/8 29; w65 741; g65 4/8 6-7; g61 2/8 5; w55 570; sr55 21; dh 58; w53 675; nh 34; g52 2/8 18-20; g46 1/16 16-19
ancient Egyptian view of: w80 10/1 11
asteroids: g79 8/8 29; g78 6/22 20; g75 8/22 14-15; g68 4/8 31
discovery of 1976 AA: g76 3/22 30-31
Eros: g75 8/22 14-15
inside earth’s orbit: g77 1/8 30
black holes: g77 3/22 29; g74 1/8 14
celestial noises: g59 6/22 17; g58 2/22 10; w57 419; g54 12/8 9-13; g48 12/8 24
center: w58 662; yw 9-10; w53 703; nh 16
comets: g85 11/8 15-16; g82 2/22 29; g78 6/22 18, 20; w59 529; g58 2/22 11; g51 6/8 20; w50 376; g48 2/8 11; g31 4/1 432
Halley’s: g85 11/8 12-16
Tempel-2 with long tail: g83 10/22 30-31
composition: w80 4/15 29
constellations: g75 6/22 18; ad 143, 989, 992, 1125, 1551-1552; w62 293; g62 8/22 17-18
cosmic dust: g59 6/22 16; g58 11/8 13-14; nh 38; g51 6/8 19
discussion: g84 3/22 15-18; g75 6/22 16-19
Einstein’s appraisal of man’s knowledge of: w82 6/1 26
elements: g71 12/22 23
evidence of—
a beginning: ce 126-127, 202; lp 8-10; g65 11/22 30; w64 586; g63 4/22 21; w62 426; w61 390-391, 489-490; w60 181; w56 232; g56 11/22 8-11; bn 21-22; g52 2/8 16-19
Creator: ce 115-118, 120-127; hp 18-20; w79 3/15 5-6; g79 1/22 29-30; g79 4/8 4-5; lp 7-8, 16
expanding universe: g62 8/22 20; g58 2/22 12; w56 722; g52 2/8 20; el 21-22
expanding universe that will not destroy itself “a terrible surprise” to astronomers: w76 71
galaxies: ce 116-120; g78 2/22 17, 19-20; g75 6/22 16-19; g75 8/22 31; g71 2/22 31; g71 8/8 4; g69 11/22 5; g65 6/8 30; g63 10/8 3-4; g62 8/22 19-20; w61 113, 426-427; g59 6/22 19; g58 11/8 15-16; w56 721; w53 208; g52 2/8 19; g51 6/8 18-19; g48 2/8 11
discovery of previously unknown: g76 1/8 30
number of: hp 18; g80 10/22 4; w78 1/15 4-5; w77 429; g75 6/22 17
Hebrew concept: ad 548-549
“hole” in space: g81 12/22 29
how distance is measured: g78 2/22 17; g63 10/8 4; g58 2/22 10; w56 721-722; g50 5/22 8; g48 2/8 11; g36 12/2 159; g31 4/1 436
Hoyle’s (Fred) comment on: w84 7/15 21
inflationary-universe theory: w83 7/15 10
largest known object: g75 4/8 30
Milky Way: ce 116-118; g80 10/22 4; w78 1/15 4; w77 429; g75 6/22 17-18; g72 9/22 31; ad 1551; g69 11/22 5; g63 10/8 4; g62 8/22 17-19; w61 113, 426; g60 11/22 22; g59 6/22 19; w58 327; g58 2/22 10; g58 11/8 16; g57 4/8 3-4; w56 721-722; w53 208; g52 2/8 19; g51 6/8 18-19; g50 5/22 8; g48 2/8 11
number of stars: ce 117; g81 2/22 5; hp 18
mysteries: g74 1/8 12-15
order and unity: ce 118, 120-125; w81 11/15 6; w79 3/15 3; w77 429; lp 8, 100; g75 6/22 18; g74 5/22 22; w73 35-36; g71 8/8 3-7; g70 8/22 24; w69 625-626; g69 10/8 11; g69 12/22 23; w68 44; g68 3/8 4; w67 37-39; w65 229; w64 284, 588; w63 689; g63 10/8 4-5; w62 426, 447; g60 11/22 21-23; g58 2/22 10, 12; g58 11/8 12-16; w56 721-722; w55 276-278; w53 208; bn 23; g53 5/8 31; tf 27; g31 4/1 419-436
uniformity of matter: w77 228
orderliness of motion: g78 6/22 16
pulsars: g84 3/22 17; g84 9/22 9; g81 2/22 8; g74 1/8 14; g72 9/22 31
quasars: g84 3/22 16-17; g74 1/8 13-14; g71 5/8 29; g71 6/8 29; g68 3/22 11; w65 741
scientists’ belief in life elsewhere: g79 8/22 16
significance of universal background radiation: g79 1/22 29-30
size: ce 116-120; g75 6/22 16-17; g74 1/8 12; w66 437; g65 4/8 13; g63 10/8 3-4; g62 8/22 17-20; w61 113; g60 11/22 22; g58 2/22 10; g57 4/8 3-4; w56 721-722; w53 208; g51 6/8 17; el 21; g50 5/22 8; g48 2/8 11; g46 1/16 16-17; g31 4/1 436
solar system: g74 1/8 12-13; g71 8/8 4; g32 2/17 296-303
Earth: ce 129-141; g84 3/22 18; g79 9/8 30; g70 5/22 19; g69 1/22 16; g68 6/22 30; g67 8/22 12; g63 10/8 6-9; w61 113, 426; g58 2/22 10; w56 723; nh 34-46; bn 21-22; g53 11/22 20; g52 2/8 13-20; g52 6/22 6-7; g52 7/8 8-12; w50 373-375; ew 35-36; g47 7/8 28; g46 12/22 27; g45 8/29 5-6; g40 12/25 15; g34 12/5 154; g32 2/17 297-300; g31 4/1 428; g31 9/30 850-852
hottest spot: g79 9/8 29
illustration: ce 120-121
Jupiter: g84 3/22 18; g80 1/8 29; g80 12/22 30; g79 6/8 29; g78 2/22 19; g75 8/22 13-14; g59 4/22 22; g56 7/8 13; g47 7/22 23; g32 2/17 302; g31 4/1 430
Mars: g84 3/22 18; g81 2/22 9-10; g79 4/8 30; g78 2/22 19; g77 5/8 29; g77 9/8 30; g75 8/22 14; g59 4/22 22; w50 374; g32 2/17 300-301; g31 4/1 429-430
Mercury: g75 8/22 13; g56 7/8 13; w50 374; g32 2/17 297; g32 8/17 707; g31 4/1 427
Moon: g78 2/22 18-19
Neptune: g81 3/22 29; g59 4/22 22; g47 9/8 27; g32 2/17 303; g32 8/17 707; g31 4/1 431
newfound body: g78 1/22 29
number of moons: g79 8/8 29
Pluto: g80 5/22 29; g79 2/8 29; g79 4/8 30; g78 9/22 29-30; g52 6/22 6-7; w50 375; g50 2/22 24; g31 4/1 431
Saturn: g79 6/8 29; g78 2/22 19; g75 8/22 15-16; g59 4/22 22; g56 7/8 13-14; g47 9/8 27; w45 52; tf 58; g37 9/8 799; g32 2/17 302-303
size compared to universe: w61 113
Sun: g84 3/22 18; g81 2/22 9; g78 2/22 18; g75 8/22 16; g71 6/22 9; g71 12/22 29; g70 3/8 29; g69 7/8 9-13; g63 10/8 4; w62 294; w61 426-427; g60 12/22 29; g47 12/8 21-24; g41 9/3 25; g32 2/17 296-297; g31 4/1 421-424
Uranus: g78 4/8 30; g77 6/8 31; g59 4/22 22; g52 6/22 6; g32 2/17 303; g31 4/1 431
Venus: g84 3/22 17-18; g79 2/22 29; g79 3/22 29; w78 11/15 12; g78 2/22 19; g76 8/22 29; g75 8/22 12-13; g75 12/22 29; g71 3/8 30-31; g69 1/8 8; g63 4/22 30; g59 4/22 22; w50 374; g32 2/17 297; g32 8/17 707; g31 4/1 427-428
stars: g84 3/22 18; g84 9/22 4-6, 8-9; g79 4/8 5; g78 2/22 19-20; g77 7/8 16-19; g75 8/22 31; g71 1/8 8; g69 3/22 29; g68 8/22 16; g68 12/22 25; g64 9/8 5-6; g63 6/8 30; g63 10/8 4-5; w62 293; g61 7/22 29; g60 11/22 22; g59 6/22 19; w58 327; g58 2/22 9-12; g58 11/8 13-14; g57 4/8 3-4; w56 721-722; w53 208; g52 2/8 19; g51 6/8 18-19; w50 376; g49 2/22 8; g48 2/8 11; g35 3/27 408; g31 4/1 434-436
Vega: g83 12/22 29
theories on origin: g80 10/22 9-10, 20; w79 6/15 11; g79 7/22 20; w78 4/15 23; w75 200; g75 6/22 19; g75 12/22 29; is 14-17
big bang: ce 126-127, 202; g84 3/22 17; w81 2/15 3; g81 2/22 11-12; g81 8/8 29; hp 18; g80 10/22 9, 20; w76 71
inflationary-universe theory: w83 7/15 10
theory of destruction of, by gravity: g84 3/8 30; w76 71
will never collapse: g84 3/8 30
will never run down: hs 10
Quotations
had a beginning in the Judeo-Christian sense: w78 5/15 15
instant of creation remains a mystery (maybe God did make it after all): g79 11/8 29
laws of universe must have been set by somebody: w76 360
new evidence that the Universe will continue to expand forever: g84 3/8 30