2006-10-12 20:03:50 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The universe is not infinite. It is finite but unbounded.
It does not have an edge, it has a propagation front.
2006-10-12 20:23:59 · answer #1 · answered by cogent 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
here is 3 different views for you, the last one is the most up to date.
1/ if the universe is infinite there is no other side.
2/ if the universe is finite it's like a ball's surface.
A ball's surface has no edge, and if you're on it, you can't reach the surface's other side. Also, the surface of a ball is two dimensional and the universe is three-dimensional, which means you'd need a four-dimensional space to fully visualise a curved universe.
So the answer to what's on the other side of the universe is that the universe has no other side?
3/ scientist are now debating there are 11dimesions where the last dimension number 11 is what outside our universe and guess what? there's infinite parallel universes. look up string theory stephen hawkins for more info.
2006-10-13 14:20:06 · answer #2 · answered by sycamore 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fact is as others say at the present time no one knows but lets discuss the matter sensibly. The evolution of man has taken
hundreds of thousands of years. Mans brain is not capable at the present time of understanding the logic of space. I challenge anyone to argue against that point. The history of man has only just begun and when man demises the difference in knowledge of the man today with the man of forty million years away will cause man to enter into another species. Say the very last man in existence dies forty million years into the future leaving space with no one to ponder the question you have put forward. So, no human being to ask questions or seek answers. What
have you left? is the universe real? but wait a moment there is no man alive therefore, who decides what is real. If reality does not exist then how would you know if the universe is real or not you are dead and who else can answer the question posed. So if you have no comprehension of space because it is not only out of reach physically but mentally as well. So where are the boundaries of space? as said previously no one knows and never will unless we can get to terms with the theory of reality with regards to space.
2006-10-14 03:52:06 · answer #3 · answered by Redmonk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't have an edge, nor is it infinite. The surface of the Earth (or any other sphere for that matter) doesn't have an edge either...and it's not infinite.
2006-10-12 21:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if the big bang is true you would think there is an edge but no one will ever know for sure.
astronomers use a technique to measure the distances in the universe by using "standard candles" (cephid varible stars) and redshift.
2006-10-16 16:13:17 · answer #5 · answered by SARSAT-BT20 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there has to be an edge out there, if the big bang theory is correct. It would be somewhere on the edge of 14 billion light years, if the research is correct.
That means, if you were on one end of the universe, it would take you 28 billion light years to get to the other side (if you were travelling at light speed).
I don't see it happening in our lifetime, or even our ability to see it with a microscope.
2006-10-12 20:08:40 · answer #6 · answered by noir 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
If space is infinate & continually expanding, it has to to expand to somewhere so the answer is yes their is an edge.
However their is a theory that space is not Infinate but a loop, get a strip of paper, put one twist in it and join the two ends, now trace one side of the paper with your finger!
So space has no bounds travel in one distance far enough and you will return to your point of origin, allegedly.
2006-10-12 20:21:24 · answer #7 · answered by draytondon 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you need to watch more star-trek - all the secrets of the universe are revealed.
When it was pointed out to the writers that you can't just jump from a standing start to warp 6 without turning the entire crew into strawberry jam as they mash against the bulkheads, they concocted a device they called "inertial dampers".
Later, at a convention, some one asked James Doohan (Scottie) "how do the inertial dampers work?".
"very well, thank you" was his reply.
2006-10-12 20:25:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If we are in a expanding universe---then "space " keeps going. If the universe slows down and collapes inward--then space is finite. Going to have to ask God to be sure through.
2006-10-12 21:27:45 · answer #9 · answered by Spock 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Infinite until some sort of new evidence can prove otherwise.
2006-10-12 20:16:02 · answer #10 · answered by T Delfino 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋