that energy/matter is limited. Doesn't it make more sense to suppose that beyond the farthest quasars there is just more of the same, ad infinitum? Couldn't our "expanding universe" be one of who-knows-how-many? I don't suppose there is any way to observe or measure this possibility, but it does make sense, doesn't it? Thanks
2007-02-26 09:57:42 · 3 answers · asked by ferd1233445 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No, I don't think it "makes sense."
What "makes sense" is a model that fits the observed data that we have gathered about how space works. And that data is what the astrophysics guys use to create their models of the universe.
So, unless you are a VERY advanced level mathematician and physicist who can argue with them regarding discrepancies between their observations and their calculations, you basically have to go with the ideas that they've concocted based on the data.
2007-02-26 10:09:05 · answer #1 · answered by matt 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with the first poster. It makes no sense in science to just say "I have no evidence whatsoever of anything outside our universe, but let's just run with it and say there are more out there!!"
2007-02-26 11:28:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe is a finite entity and one day will come to an end.
2007-02-26 11:38:13 · answer #3 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋