Because Galaxies Are Billions of Light-Years Away, Isn’t the Universe
Billions of Years Old? 9

For the light from all galaxies to arrive at Earth tonight, the more
distant galaxies, which had to release their light long before the
closer galaxies, did not have as much time to rotate and twist their
arms. Therefore, farther galaxies should have less twist. Of course,
if light traveled millions of times faster in the past, the farthest
galaxies did not have to send their light long before the nearest
galaxies. Spiral galaxies should have similar twists. This turns out
to be the case (21). The galaxies are: A) M33, or NGC 598; B) M101, or
NGC 5457; C) M51, or NGC 5194; D) NGC 4559; E) M88, or NGC 4501; and
F) NGC 772. All distances are taken from R. Brent Tully, Nearby
Galaxies Catalog (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988).

All atoms give off tiny bundles of energy (called quanta) of fixed
amounts—and nothing in between. So Setterfield believes that the
“quantization of redshifts,” as many describe it, is an atomic effect,
not a strange recessional-velocity effect. If space slowly absorbs
energy from all emitted light, it would do so in fixed increments.
This would redshift starlight, with the farthest star’s light being
redshifted the most. Setterfield is working on a theory to tie this
and the decay in the speed of light together. If he is correct, we
should soon see the redshifts of a few distant galaxies suddenly
decrease. This may explain why two distinct redshifts are seen in each
of several well-studied galaxies (22). Those seemingly typical
galaxies are not flying apart!

Another surprising observation is that most distant galaxies look
remarkably similar to nearer galaxies. For example, galaxies are fully
developed and show no signs of evolving. This puzzles astronomers.

(23). If the speed of light has decreased drastically, these distant,
yet mature, galaxies no longer need explaining.

Also, the light from a distant galaxy would have reached Earth not too
long after the light from nearby galaxies. This may be why spiral
galaxies, both near and far, have similar twists.

21. “The biggest challenge to the standard model of galaxy formation,
Labbé says, could be the number of large galaxies showing the spiral
structure that he and his colleagues found in the early universe.”
Ivo Labbé, as quoted by Ron Cowen, “Mature before Their Time,” ScienceNews, Vol. 163, 1 March 2003, p. 139.

22. William G. Tifft and W. John Cocke, “Quantized Galaxy Redshifts,”
Sky & Telescope, January 1987, p. 19.

23. “Most Distant Galaxies: Surprisingly Mature,” Science News, Vol.
119, 7 March 1981, p. 148.

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