2006-07-08 05:12:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
the universe is finite yet has no edge and no center. it seems to be something like the two-dimensional surface of a sphere, but it is four-dimensional. space-time itself originated in the big bang, and it is expanding at an accelerating rate.
2006-07-08 05:24:40 · answer #1 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Is the Earth enclosed or endless? It is both. We live inside earth, but at the same time outside... if you walk around the planet looking to reach the end of it, you will not be able to do it...because we live in a sphere. The same is with the universe. Einstein wrote about the universe being a sphere or a sphere like shape.
2006-07-08 05:37:02 · answer #2 · answered by avyakt7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that it is very presumptuous to think that anyone on this forum could explain something that Mr. Hawking, as you claim, cannot comprehend. However, my penny worth, is that if it is enclosed (finite), what is on the other side of the enclosure. If it is endless (infinite) it goes on forever and the laws of average state that there are identical planets somewhere, with identical people, doing identical things, with identical machines. I am not sure which is the most fantastic proposition but I am inclined to go for infinite, it sounds far more interesting.............
2006-07-08 05:32:09 · answer #3 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe is and isn't endless. If you continue in a straight line you'll just end up where you started. No matter which direction you head you'll just end up where you started. The only way to exit the universe is to go into another dimension.
It is very possible to comprehend the finite universe. You can't draw it as it is in 4 dimensions.
2006-07-08 05:27:53 · answer #4 · answered by aorton27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you trying to get an answer from Dr. Hawking?
Don't you realise he has over 20000 answer from his
question on Yahoo go through.
The universe is endless - as far as we can see -
nothing but endless universe.
And if it was enclosed what would you think the
enclosure was made of? Like a big, gigantic bubble of what?
2006-07-08 05:36:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the universe would be like a sphere and we could only move on the surface of this sphere we would be seeing reoccurring events. I mean light will keep traveling around the sphere and come back again and again, assuming that the sphere is not expanding at the speed of light.
2006-07-08 06:41:30 · answer #6 · answered by TheFlyingDutchman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the universe theoretically has a shape. It could be a giant globe just like earth. if you sail around the world you don't fall off the end.. same theory applies to the universe.
however what's outside of the universe boundaries? are we sitting on somebody's desk in an elaborate aquarium? infinate dark matter? a parallel universe? who knows
2006-07-08 05:36:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the universe by definition includes all space and time, there can not be anything beyond its boundaries, though the total amount of space within the universe might be limited.
2006-07-08 05:39:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And since we can't see far enough away to see the end of the Universe and we can't travel that far, we never will be able to comprehend it in our lifetimes.
2006-07-08 05:17:27 · answer #9 · answered by Kenny ♣ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do not comprehend the universe as much as we liked to because we do not have the technological as well as the mathematical resources to do so, Yet.....
2006-07-08 05:21:53 · answer #10 · answered by EC2talk2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋