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Future Visibility Limit

  1. The future visibility limit is 62 billion light-years. This does NOT mean that objects at this distance emit photons toward us now, and that those photons will reach us sometime in the future. 2. Any object farther than 16.5 billion light-years emits photons toward us now, but those photons will never reach us, even if we wait for an infinite amount of time. 3. So what is 62 billion light-years? Well, it is the radius of a sphere from HERE NOW. Those objects within this sphere, whose photons we have not yet received, emitted light in the past when they were within 16.5 billion light-years of us. These photons are still on their way, and when they reach us in the future, we will be able to see those objects. 4. We will only be able to see objects in the future that are currently within the 62 billion light-years radius, and whose photons have already entered the 16.5 billion light-years radius. 5. We will never receive photons from these objects that haven't yet...

Observer's Dilemma

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 In Young's Double Slit experiment, Interference pattern depends on the position of the detector. Here are the experiment data results, A single photon is sent at a time and next is sent when previous photon hits the screen. 1. If a detector is placed just after the source then observer will not be able to find the slit in which electron is going to pass so the interference pattern will appear on the screen. Interference pattern (Fringes) appears because electron acts as a wave and passes through both the slits. 2. If a detector is placed just before the slits then observer will be able to find the 'which way' path of the electron and interference pattern will not appear on the screen. We will see the two fringe pattern on the screen.   3. If a detector is placed just after the slits then observer will be able to find the 'which way' path of the electron and interference pattern will not appear on the screen. You must think, if interference pattern will not a...