Is there anything "outside" of the Universe?

Question

Or is this a meaningless question?

Answer 1

Many has ask this question. No one has yet know and I reckon no one will. The definition of universe means it encompasses all matter and energy. So what is outside of the universe? Base on this definition of the universe, nothing is outside the universe. You may say then nothing can just be something that we are not capable of comprehending. So is nothing really nothing or is there something to nothing.

Answer 2

No one knows for sure. Technically, if you consider "the Universe" to be all of existence, there would be nothing outside of the universe.

Even in the event that there is a Heaven and a Hell, both of these would be considered eschelons of existence, and therefor be contained within the universe.

Leaving nothing outside of the universe. Or perhaps there isn't an "outside" because the universe is infinite.

Perhaps you are outside of the universe, and this is merely a dream you're having from somewhere else.


Tiger Striped Dog MD

Answer 3

Since we were born in this universe and have no means of looking anywhere else, we can't get information about the "outside." That doesn't mean there isn't an outside; it only means we can't examine such a place. I've inferred that there is an outside by analogy. An astronaut falling into a black hole would remember another place, even if the black hole had become her new universe. If the astronaut (a female one of course) had a baby while in the black hole, and if it lived long enough to become aware of its surroundings, he would have no direct means of verifying his mother's truthfulness. He might think she's being religiously imaginative, maybe fibbing a little.

Answer 4

Well, here we are in an expanding universe in which a lot of physical constants are just right for life like us to have evolved. If the gravitational constant or the strong nuclear force were just a little bit different, there wouldn't be any stars or complicated molecules. My humble opinion is that our universe is like one of millions of bubbles in the foam on a jug of beer. Some are bigger than others. Some are expanding, others are collapsing. They all have different physical constants like the speed of light and the mass of the electron. In the vast majority, complexity and intelligent life are impossible; conditions aren't quite right. It's only in exceptional universes like this one that guys like you and me discuss questions like this. So if I'm right, yes there are other universes. How do you get to them? Well, I dunno.

Answer 5

Not meaningless at all in my opinion. I wish I knew the answer, but unfortunately I don't think anyone can answer that question .....frustrating or what?!

Answer 6

Yeah, other universes are outside the universe.

But you can't get there from here.

Answer 7

By the Occam razor, scientists actually think it is meaningless to consider such a question.....

but I think it is a question that most of us would wonder out of curiosity...

Answer 8

Heaven

Answer 9

Basically you've rephrased the question "when does the sky end".....it hurts my brain to even think about a question like that for too long....sorry I couldn't help.... but if I had the answer to your question....I'd be famous....

Answer 10

this is an extra ordinary question
it will be understood when you read einstien's work on time and space.
there he mentions that there are infinitely many universes.
little bit confusing?
but its true.
read the works carefully and be patient while reading.
some examples will just twist your brain but interesting