re: #2 Wayne A. Schneider

You want to blow your mind some more? what we are observing shows that no matter where you are in the universe, everything appears to be moving AWAY from that spot.

The trick is, space is EXPANDING. Let me say it again this way: the space between the stars is expanding.

The further away an object is, the faster it appears to be moving away from you, as the space between you and it is so much greater.

I wish I could find the One Minute physics explanation. The guy doing that channel really gets his points across in an easy simple to understand way.

Astro-physics is really mind blowingly cool. To get a sense how it effects some people:
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Greatest Sermon Ever! (Off topic, but I never get tired of watching this guy’s passion for science)

Neil DeGrasse Tyson - Greatest Sermon Ever