Re: If the universe is shaped like a cone why does the sky look round?

From: Fred Bloggs (mrfredbloggs_at_altavista.co.uk)
Date: 04/19/04


Date: 19 Apr 2004 02:20:54 -0700

Lisa1Horton@hotmail.com (Lisa Horton) wrote in message news:<5a3d5485.0404181859.4007178f@posting.google.com>...
> Wouldn't the stars be concentrated more in certain areas of the sky?

No. All the stars you can see (with the naked eye anyway) are in our
own galaxy, which is just one of the gazillions of galaxies out there.



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