2006-12-02 03:39:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
15 to 20 Billion light years of space.
A light year is the distance light can travel in one year.
Light travels at 186,000 miles per second so the universe is huge.
This figure is calculated by background radiation from the big bang.
Hope this helps.
2006-12-02 03:59:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Huh? "Eternity" is a measure of time, "space" is an idea of volume...?
Our universe is not infinite in size, we have a very good idea how big it is based on how fast space is expanding and how long since the Big Bang -- it's about 14 billion light years in diameter. We also know that this particular universe we live in hasn't always been around (for an "eternity") -- it's been around about 14 billion years. Was there anything before that? We don't know -- and probably never will, since if there was it wasn't our universe, and we can only observe what's part of our universe.
2006-12-02 11:44:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
since we can't travel fast enough to get to even the next solar system, and our best instruments rely on light or radiation, which takes years to get from even one galaxy to the next, we don't know yet and may not know for a long while to come.
we do know the universe is expanding.
2006-12-02 11:53:44 · answer #3 · answered by implosion13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infinity.
2006-12-02 11:47:46 · answer #4 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one knows.
2006-12-02 11:45:50 · answer #5 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know for sure, but it would seem so, based on what we do know.
2006-12-02 11:41:54 · answer #6 · answered by oceansnsunsets 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋