2006-07-04 15:22:13 · 15 answers · asked by Charles S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Your question is unanswerable.
How could we know that the universe is bigger than we think it is. If we knew that, then we would think it was bigger.
You need to be more careful in asking your questions.
You might think along the lines of, "Scientists currently believe Theory X, which would make the universe a certain size. How could I show that Theory X is wrong?"
We never know more than we think we know. We can only know that something we think, doesn't make sense. This is the idea of disproving something in science. We take two different theories, try to predict a result that is different for each theory. And then test the theories, and discard the false one. Then we keep trying it against new data and other new theories to constantly try to improve our understanding.
2006-07-04 19:49:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is probably bigger than we know because the universe is infinate and expanding, if that makes sense to you. It just goes on for ever. The theory goes that the big bang created the universe and at one point it will stop expanding and then retract, not to scare anybody. Kind of like an explosion that you see in the movies that implodes upon it's self.
2006-07-04 22:37:38 · answer #2 · answered by Spaz S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah I belive thaty the Universe is bigger than we think. The earth and the neighbouring planets belong to one galaxy. I believe that there are more galaxies like this one.. Hopefully man will discover many in the comming years
2006-07-04 22:39:59 · answer #3 · answered by Mahil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really know. But, my guess is that we are probably completely wrong about what we know about the universe:) I saw a show on tv that there is a black hole that is slowly swallowing the entire universe, making it smaller every year, though.
2006-07-04 22:27:04 · answer #4 · answered by Princess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We would probably never know, because it is billions of light years apart. And if scientists are right the universe is expanding every year ever since the "Big Bang."
2006-07-11 03:38:40 · answer #5 · answered by Eric G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes I am convinced that we will never truly know the limits of our universe because, we are limited by the equipment that we create. We find with every knew generation of scientists that the previous generation has only scratched the surface.
2006-07-04 22:28:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be. Well, who knows where the end of universe? Or could it be other universes, and we just in one of them??
2006-07-04 22:27:07 · answer #7 · answered by teddybear1268 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Big Bang Theory,our unverse has been expanding for the last 15 billion years.Even if we know its exact size today,it will be different tomorrow,because it still expanding
So why bother?.
2006-07-04 23:12:59 · answer #8 · answered by cellm8te 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the Universe is so expansive that we will never know where the outer limits are....
2006-07-04 22:35:35 · answer #9 · answered by salembog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wonder what an electron thinks of a compound ?yet outside the compound is much more.. so it is like the universe. emptiness is boundless
2006-07-04 22:30:58 · answer #10 · answered by wizard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋