2006-07-01 11:15:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Conventional estimates put the universe at 14.6 billion light years.
Time and distance
2006-07-01 13:48:54 · answer #1 · answered by kel m 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Universe is a closed, boundless space. That means that it has a limited space, but does not have an edge.
Think of the Earth. Where is the edge of the Earth? You could walk or sail all over the Earth and never reach an "end," although eventually you would start to see familiar things. ("Didn't we pass South America before?") And yet the Earth has a limited surface area.
The Universe has the same properties in three dimensions. It is warped closed in at least a fourth spatial dimension. (String theory postulates at least 17 spatial dimensions, but most of them are coiled around each other, and we only use three.) In any case, no matter what direction you start out in, eventually you come back around the other side.
2006-07-01 18:28:19 · answer #2 · answered by TychaBrahe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The surface of the Earth has no end, and you could travel east forever, and...
The universe has no end -- in more ways than the surface of the Earth has no end -- because every direction is out from the center, and leads to the center; and every point in the universe is, practically speaking, the center of the universe.
2006-07-01 19:45:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there seems to be missunderstandings in the reserch that some teachers do there is no wrong answer to weather theres an end to the universe or not some people say there is an some people say that its not but who would really know for sure so i'd guess we would hve to wait an see what happens in the next 10 years (theres always something new )
2006-07-01 18:27:30 · answer #4 · answered by twyla p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Universe is expanding so It has no real end to it. I am sure of that but I thought A lot of people would know that and post it by now by oh well there you go. Hope it helped.
2006-07-02 00:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by DaveAU 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a brick wall ends the universe what will you find on the other side.the universe is forever.
2006-07-01 18:38:12 · answer #6 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the universe seems to be finite yet boundaryless. it has no edge and no center. it may be something like the two dimensional surface of a sphere. also, nothing exists "outside" the universe. to quote a dead writer, "there's no there, there".
2006-07-01 18:32:31 · answer #7 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes on forever
2006-07-01 18:21:31 · answer #8 · answered by macy_rainey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scientists think that the universe will continue to expand to a point but then snap back together again, like a rubberband. but no one really knows for sure.
2006-07-01 18:19:30 · answer #9 · answered by jess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a snow globe, we are trapped inside of it but there is bound to be something else outside we just can't reach it
2006-07-01 18:22:18 · answer #10 · answered by aaron m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋