Googling that I see this..
"The astronomers
determined this by effectively
looking back in time (
in their mind and religion only, because we need time to exist there for this to apply) at a distant quasar, labelled B0218+367. The quasar's
light, which took 7.5 billion years to reach us, (
in their mind and religion only, because we need time to exist there for this to apply) was partially
absorbed by ammonia gas in an intervening galaxy.(
show us the way you know this exactly) Not only is ammonia useful in most
bathroom cleaning products, it is also an
ideal molecule to test our understanding of physics in the distant Universe. (
why, the universe is like your bathroom??)Spectroscopic
observations of the ammonia molecule were performed (
here on earth..ha) with the Effelsberg 100m radio telescope at 2 cm wavelength (red-shifted from the original wavelength of 1.3 cm). The
wavelengths at which ammonia absorbs radio energy from the quasar
are sensitive (
here ..now prove that if we observed from a distant star we would observe the same thing?..or are you peddling fishbowl philosophy here!? Let's see what you got.) to this special nuclear physics number, the proton-electron mass ratio.
"By comparing the ammonia absorption with that of other molecules, we were able to determine the value of the proton-electron mass ratio in this galaxy, (
you compare here, observe here, remember? You also have no way to know how far away the cloud or whatnot is. ) and
confirm that it is the same as it is on Earth," (
so explain how observing it here equals it being the same as at source? Remember that an ratio we see here and that exists here depends on our time and space and etc HERE) says Christian Henkel from MPIfR, an expert for molecular spectroscopy and co-author of the study."
http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressreleases/2008/5
Hoo ha.