people say it always was. however it can also end. the universe is expanding at a very fast rate and eventualy in billions of years atom will not be able to hold and then split aprt.
but if something can end, then somewhere along the lines it must have began. am i correct?
2007-02-10 14:20:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes, in the very sense of the word "eternal" independant of time and the passage of time, although on our level of existence time exists, they are within eternity.
2007-02-10 14:30:25 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe has a finite age. Just before the big bang, the universe was nothing but condensed space. To all effect and appearance, it didn't exist. Then it burst forth and in a few seconds, all the forces came into being. The question remains if it has sufficient mass to continue expanding or will it begin to collapse.
2007-02-10 23:28:33 · answer #2 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The JWST telescope, to be launched in 2013, is expected to capture images of the first galaxies to form after the Big Bang.
With that information, the age, (beginning), of the universe can be calculated.
2007-02-10 22:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by steve_monroe_2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always refers to all of time. Time began at the same moment as the universe; therefore the universe always existed.
2007-02-10 22:44:12 · answer #4 · answered by Dagny Taggart 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Has the Universe always existed ?
What was fisrt, the egg or the Hen ?....
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2007-02-10 23:49:57 · answer #5 · answered by NA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If by Universe you mean Energy, then the answer is yes, it has always existed. It's common knowledge today that Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
2007-02-10 22:38:17 · answer #6 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can anyone really tell?
2007-02-11 03:09:20 · answer #7 · answered by Barbara V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We simply don't know yet.
2007-02-10 23:05:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Off & on.. yes..
2007-02-10 23:26:22 · answer #9 · answered by Century25 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋