Plaid

[Capstone]

Reinterpreting Redshift

Think of two
rapidly deflating
(but stationary)
balloons in a box,
and of the perspective
from the surface
of one or the other.

The other balloon
might just appear
to be moving away,
when in reality
it would simply be
shrinking in relation
to the space available
inside the box.

Imagine if, instead
of space residing
in the Universe,
the Universe resides in it;
so that the redshift
often cited in support
of an ever expanding
and accelerating cosmos
has been misinterpreted...

and the Universe
is actually shrinking...