2006-10-14 07:46:33 · 16 answers · asked by Kerry C 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
We don't know that for certain, (and we never will) as It would be impossible to prove .
2006-10-14 08:00:31 · answer #1 · answered by Polo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The universe is so vast compared with each of us that its' boundaries are beyond our ability to experience. If you are not able to experience something then its'nature is not accessible to you.
Conceptually it is easier to imagine space that is infinite, than space with a boundary, as it is difficult to imagine the nature of such a boundary. What ever answer people come up with: it is all imagination and conjecture.
Also it is not clear whether you really mean space or the Universe. It is easy to imagine the Universe coming to an end in terms of matter, if you accept the concept of space simply being the absence of matter, then there could be a point where there is no more matter, and only space. It is easy to imagine a point where there is no more matter, but difficult to imagine a point where there is no more space.
2006-10-14 15:15:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
space does not go on forever it is a definitive space. it is likely to be saddle shaped as parallel lines in the universe will meet
2006-10-14 15:54:27 · answer #3 · answered by supremecritic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's curved. It's like the surface of the Earth, which also has no end.
The surface of the Earth is approximately 2 dimensional, while space has more dimensions, so it's harder to picture. But the principle is the same.
2006-10-14 17:36:48 · answer #4 · answered by Bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because nobody is filling it up to cover the whole space
2006-10-14 14:49:17 · answer #5 · answered by Terry Yucky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
space only goes on forever, because there are no coat hangers in it, put a couple of coat hangers in, and they would multiply over night, thus no space.
2006-10-14 14:57:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be finite and "pill-shaped"
Check this out on CNN.com for the article.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/09/universe.pill/index.html
2006-10-14 14:52:48 · answer #7 · answered by Devin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it does go on for ever. It is finite but expanding at present. Perhaps it may start to contract
2006-10-14 14:49:00 · answer #8 · answered by SteveT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's nothing else to put outside of it so it has to go on forever
2006-10-18 10:40:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't go on forever, we simply haven't found where it stops.
2006-10-14 14:53:45 · answer #10 · answered by ChemGeek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋