Do you think it is possible that our universe could be like a popped crenel in a batch of popcorn which only the outer edges of the popped corn is visible from the center of each individual piece? All, un aware of the others.
2006-07-07 17:18:37 · 11 answers · asked by Joseph G 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Inflationary theory suggests that if the enture universe were shrunk down to the size of the earth, the part that we can observe would be a small as a grain of sand.
Our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. At some point, distant galaxies will be moving away from us -in excess of the speed of light- and so even a million bagillion years from now, thier light will never reach us. Eventually, every other galaxy will go dark and we will be left alone in the universe, save for the billions of stars in our own galaxy.
2006-07-07 17:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by Argon 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You need to be careful with your phrasing. The known universe is, by definition, only what we can currently see. Your theory does have merit, however. At present, we can only see about 11 to 15 billion light years out because that is where radio telescopes hit a barrier of sorts. This is the point at which the universe is still expanding and has a wall of microwave energy which we believe is the point of expansion which the big bang has reached. Given that we cannot see beyond that point, there could very well be other "popcorn kernels" all around us.
2006-07-07 17:44:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sight is such a poor word to use when observing the 'known universe' because there are many forms of 'seeing'. We can detect emissions of farwaway quazars with x-ray telescopes and we can view our near neighbors with refraction telescopes. And while black is the absence of visible light, this still allows us to use radio telescopes to discover the composition of distant planets.
In my opinion, what we 'see' right now is merely a function of our technology. Our universe it to be predicted to be expanding, but no one really knows. I Believe that the universe expands in a relatively infinite magnitude in our known dimensions, but if you factor in many other unknown dimensions we may be able to learn that we become limited even as our dimensions increase. It may be that each black hole just connects us to another universe and that there are unknown pockets of matter popping up all around us or that the lost matter is simply being used to make more of this universe, forming what is like a piece of Swiss cheese that keeps growing.
2006-07-07 17:50:09 · answer #3 · answered by cptbirdman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientists said that after the big bang, which consists of 10 dimensions divided into 6 dimension and 4 dimension.
we are now living in the 4 dimension world where the 4th dimension is time.
The 6 dimension world may be still existing where it is invisible to our eyes.
therefore there could be another world existing but we cannot see them but they can see us.
Just like the an ant on a paper, the ant is in the 2 dimension world where we can see it but the ant can;t see us.
there may be other universe that we couldn't see but it exists
2006-07-07 17:40:33 · answer #4 · answered by kev 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I definetly think that there is more to the universe than what the eye and NASA can see. I think given the rise in advance technology, and and our willingnes to adapt to the changing enviornment..it won't be too long down the road before our people can venture futher out in the vast pit of space than any other human before.
2006-07-07 17:23:14 · answer #5 · answered by Jenn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your two questions don't really relate. To the first one, physicists sometimes believe that nothing exists until it is observed. To the second one, many also believe in the possibility of multiple universes that can not coexist with one another.
2006-07-07 17:22:05 · answer #6 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything is possible. We are still in the infant stages of finding out about our Universe. Who knows if this is the only one or if there are many trillions of trillions out there?
2006-07-07 17:24:06 · answer #7 · answered by crazyhumans2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I believe there are many more people like us or even smarter that can see us. We are only a tiny dot in the university.
2006-07-07 17:22:09 · answer #8 · answered by Hoping for a chance 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that is possible... The book "About Time" talks about stuff like this. I find it fascinating....
2006-07-07 17:21:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lots of things are all around us...how much of an area can a microb sense ?
2006-07-07 17:23:49 · answer #10 · answered by wizard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋