2006-07-23 21:10:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
INFINITY. This question has always boggled the mind. I think this would be the cross roads for Science/Religion.
Something Wonderful,... would be my answer.
2006-07-23 21:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The universe is becoming larger, true, but that does not mean that it is expanding "into" some other place. The geometry involved can be very difficult to picture, but I can give you an example.
Suppose the universe was a single thin line. Everything inside it would be confined to a narrow "pipe" of existence, and to those inside that line universe (lineverse?) it would not matter if it was truly straight or balled up like a wad of string.
In other words, by changing the geometry of the string, I have put more of it into a small space - just wadded it up. And to the inhabitants, it would make no difference. Now if we apply that reasoning to our universe, it is getting larger but it might also be "wadded up" in a higher dimension and we are unable to perceive it.
So it could be growing much larger in volume, but not really taking up any more space in a higher dimension. To an outside observer, it might appear to be the same size, but everthing inside it getting smaller, thus creating the illusion of more space. There would be no way for us to know.
2006-07-24 04:46:36 · answer #2 · answered by aichip_mark2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, in ur question you are attempting to model the universe as an observer inside it, this leaves us with some fundamental questions, what is the middle of the universe? would be one. The point is there is no such symmetry to the universe. If we travel in a direct line through the universe, we would travel for infinity without finding an end of the universe. This is bcos the universe we observe is through 3D space. Think of an ant in 2D space, shaped like a sphere(the 2D space is warped in a third dimension), get it? now if the ant travelled in a direct line(relative to 2D space), it would travel through a loop without an end). This is the same predicament that we face in 3D. Cosmology gives some theories of the universe like pringle shaped etc. that try to explain this issue. You should read up more on cosmology.
2006-07-24 04:26:19 · answer #3 · answered by Danushka B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does not have to expand into anything. Space is a function of our universe, it might not be of the outer (and there might not even be an outer universe).
2006-07-24 04:20:21 · answer #4 · answered by zifmer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's expanding into a monsterous blackhole that is larger in proportion than the universe itself. Oh no.... we are all DOOMED i say!!! :-P
2006-07-24 04:14:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the universe expands, then in the "outside" of the universe, the notion of "where" is meaningless.
2006-07-24 04:15:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's like asking "what is nothingness?" What would be interested to see is the reaction of a human being who discovers what "nothinginess" really is and what "nothingness" really looks like.
Could you imagine seeing "nothingness" - I bet your brain would shutdown in a temporal paradox. hahaha lol
2006-07-24 04:39:27 · answer #7 · answered by anonymous 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cleveland, and to some extent, Oklahoma City.
Best wishes and God bless.
2006-07-24 04:13:56 · answer #8 · answered by bobhayes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is xpanding into space, which is itself expanding
2006-07-24 04:41:34 · answer #9 · answered by blind_chameleon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know this is astupid answer but one which can be cosidered.our unierse is one of many unierse which revolve around a huge mass of energy and that mass of energy is god
2006-07-24 04:21:17 · answer #10 · answered by shags 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋