Asri-unix.989 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!C70:sri-unix!FREDERKING@CMU-20C Fri Mar 12 07:50:21 1982 Quasar theories I'm not a regular reader, so excuse me if this has been discussed, but is it possible to account for the red-shifts of quasars by assuming they are extremely massive, so that it is a gravitational red-shift? They would have to be fairly spread out to avoid becoming black holes, but this would account for only seeing red shifts, and would leave the question of distance open (unless you assume such objects only existed in the early universe). -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.