2007-02-02 01:06:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
your question disguises a self-contradictory construct. speaking about a place where "empty space ceases" is asking for a location that has no location. you are asking where you can find a place that doesn't exist.
2007-02-02 01:35:57 · answer #1 · answered by michaell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First we have to figure out what is space .The greeks called it Aether and Democritus described as as being made of a corpuscular substance.So The substance of space must be a granular system which carries the power of Gravity.To day they call the Aether as a substance of dark matter which carries the energy of space.
The idea of space being Aether was though to be a substance necessary to carry the motion of light..
However it was rejected based on the MIchaelson MorleyExperiment.So according to the present belief light travels in an empty space and vaccuum.
So the belief of science at that time was that the world sit on a vaccum. And they said there is a lot of vaccuum.
However the tables have turned to day . It is believed that space is not an empty vaccuum but contains dark energy.
So the Universe must exist in the contaiment of an Aether with definite boundaries.
Now what exists out side that boundary cannot be scientifically observed. It would be definitively not empty. this is where the limitation of science begins.
Then we have to look at the record of Creation in the Bible for these answers, where it is indicated that the Universe was constructed by our Creator at a particular location of the Heavens and it was good.
2007-02-02 02:22:42 · answer #2 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the moment our understanding of the universe, tells us it is infinite.
Hubble discovered that the universe is in constant expansion in every direction, for wherever you are looking.
now you might ask: what are we expending into? and does that mean the Earth is the centre of the universe?
well the universe doesn't really care about dimensions.
they are here to help up get a grasp on our surroundings.
we perceive the universe in terms of length, width, depth and time laps. they also depend of your point of view, your perspective.
the universe "thinks" in terms of forces, laws, such as gravity, electromagnetism, week and strong forces.
in that way, if you imagine the universe to be an inflatable balloon and that every galaxy, planet or grain of matter was a dot on its skin, if somebody was to blow this balloon, the dots would appear to run away from each other in every direction.
now if you think that the universe started expanding 16 billion years ago and that nothing travels as fast as light.
if you were to start moving 16 billion times faster than the speed of light in any direction, there is a fairly good chance you might end up where you started.
2007-02-02 01:32:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tricky question. How do you "see' a vacuum? Light, even the cosmic microwave background radiation, generally comes from some material object.
Are you talking about Hawking radiation? Or the Casimir effect?
2007-02-02 01:19:53 · answer #4 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you are seeing are dust clouds, obscuring the stars and galaxies behind them, which extend for many billions of light years.
2007-02-02 01:34:03 · answer #5 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can see it right now. Its in my backyard, and it is kinda creeping me out.,
2007-02-02 01:10:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no not for real but some times
2007-02-02 01:12:31 · answer #7 · answered by danyelle d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋