Cosmic Solution

  Thank for coming to visit this blog. In 15 of the posts that follow (abstract, 13 sections, and references), you will find an original and alternative model to explain space, time, gravity, matter, energy, the expansion of the universe, and everything that exists. If you do not have time to read the entire thing, select any topics that appeal to you.  Unlike most physical science papers, this one is written at a high school or early college level, with as little jargon as possible and with a minimum of complicated equations. So give it a try! I hope to stimulate a dialog that ultimately will influence the sciences of physics and astronomy. But in the meantime,  I would like to entertain you and stimulate your thinking.  PLEASE COMMENT !   I am very interested in how you landed here. My Web domain, which points here, is "unorthodocs.org. ." The actual Web address of the first page is "nothingbutspacemodel.blogger.com." And the name of the blog itself is "Cosmi

Is Space the Only Substance in the Universe? The “Nothing but Space” Model: A Simpler New Theory of Space, Time,  Gravity, Dark Energy, and More   This paper is presented in sections, in this and the next 14 posts.  I welcome your input and discussion. Ronald P. Hattis Associate Clinical Professor Loma Linda University July 27, 2023 ABSTRACT A new model of the universe, extrapolating from established science and historical precedents, including the substantivalist views of DesCartes, Newton, and others, resolves some mysteries of physics. In the “Nothing but Space” model, space is the fundamental substance of the universe. It is quantized, and the medium of gravitational and electromagnetic fields. Waves, additions and deletions, and other processes in space produce the properties attributed to matter and energy. Time is a function of motion, and spacetime an unnecessary concept.  Underlying this model, space is known to have physical properties and is expanding. Part

I.       INTRODUCTION Limitations of Standard Physics Theories This is a time for new and more flexible thinking about the nature of the universe. Physics and cosmology (the latter considered over time as part of physics, astronomy, metaphysics, or philosophy), rather than having resolved all the major problems in understanding the universe and its origins, face many unresolved mysteries. There are still no consensus theories for a number of critical issues, including the following among others: · A “grand unified theory” joining gravitation and the strong nuclear force with the electroweak force (Krauss 2017). · A complete and generally accepted theory unifying general relativity (which is not quantized) with quantum theory (Sanchez 2019). · A verified explanation for "dark energy" and the expansion of the “observable universe” (Panek 2010).   · A verified explanation for "dark matter" (Fore 2020). · Causes and actual explanations for many of the phys

II.                     SPACE AS THE ULTIMATE SUBSTANCE, AN “AETHEREAL” DISCOURSE One Logical “Short Leap” Forward Changes Everything The name applied to this proposal is the “Nothing but Space” model, but this will be open to future changes in terminology. The basic thesis or Fundamental Principle is that many of the unsolved mysteries of science could be unraveled by conceiving of space as not only a component of the universe, but as the fundamental substance of which the universe is made, as well as the medium of fields.   Matter, energy, and anything else that exists would consist of processes including waves and additions/deletions of quantized space, with discrete, constant, universal units.  Most of what is proposed here as flows logically, directly or indirectly, as hypotheses from that Fundamental Principle.  It is a single but critical step forward toward unity and simplicity of physical theory.             This is actually not far from currently accepted theory, and therefo

III.                    MORE SPACE TO EXPAND OUR THINKING The Hubble Expansion In 1929, Edwin Hubble made the dramatic discovery that the redshifts indicating increases of light wave lengths from 24 galaxies were proportional to distance. This implied that the universe was expanding, and that the galaxies were receding from us, with apparent velocities that increased the farther they were from us. These results were confirmed by further studies (Bahcall 2015). There was, and still is, no generally accepted law of physics to explain this phenomenon, and it is commonly attributed to a mysterious “dark energy.”              The Hubble equation, using v for velocity of recession H 0 for the Hubble constant, and s for the existing distance to the receding galaxy (a physics notation tradition after Latin “spatium,” the source of our word space) is:                                                                         v = H 0* s                                                    

  IV.                     EXPLAINING THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION Space Deletion as the Cause of Gravity If new space can appear and account for the Hubble expansion of the universe, the question arises as to whether there are processes in nature that can involve space deletion. The “Nothing but Space” model proposes that gravity does just that, deleting space around any object with the property of mass, and offering an actual explanation for gravitation that is revolutionary but also simple. It may be the explanation for gravitation that best satisfies the criteria for simplicity and elegance (Tsilikis 1959).   (Note that in this article, the terms gravity and gravitation are used synonymously.)             According to Swedish physicist Tedenstig (1990) in a self-published book, “It turns out that the gravitation is actuated by an inflow process of matter from the environmental space.“ He did not, however, specify that this is an inflow of space.             According to this