2007-02-27 03:24:05 · 14 answers · asked by Michael M 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Here's how it works. The universe curves into itself. Say you can throw a rock straight forward really hard and fast- so hard it doesn't follow the curvature of the earth. It just keeps going straight out into outer space. Well, eventually, it would hit you in the back of the head.
The universe has no center that we can perceive. It can only be seen in the 4th dimension. Think of cooking a loaf of raisin bread. As the bread expands as it is cooking, all the raisins are moving away from each other no matter where they are in the loaf of bread.The universe is constantly expanding - take a balloon and draw dots on it to represent galaxys, planets and stars. As you blow up the balloon, all the dots are moving away from each other, just like in our 3 dimension everything is expanding. The balloon is a visualization in 2 dimensions. Now put an ant on the balloon. He can walk around and come across the dots as he travels around. But he would never see the center. He is limited by 2 dimensions. Same for us - we can see the galaxys in 3 dimensions but we can't see the center because it is in the 4th dimension. For us, the center of the universe IS THE UNIVERSE.
2007-02-27 03:46:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was technically a point of the big bang singularity...but although inflation did occur from that single point, it cannot be called the center of the universe because we don't know the bounds of the universe. In theory, the expansion of the universe occurred at such a rapid rate that light from other parts of universe that spawned from the same big bang singularity may not even reached us yet. So we can't even see the entire universe, we can't give it any bounds. Without bounds, there can be no edge or center - center is only relative to an edge.
2007-02-27 03:47:08 · answer #2 · answered by Bhajun Singh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course, it's very simple:
Imagine a round road forming a cirlce, and try to specify the center and the edges, meaning where the road starts and where it ends.
The universe is also closed on itself (at least that's one theory), and the theory says if u keep going constantly without turning in one direction, you will end up coming from the other side of the universe towards your start point.
2007-02-27 04:25:06 · answer #3 · answered by Nipi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we've a image of the interior eighty% of the universe, although this is fairly in basic terms a thermal image. yet we are in a position to work out the middle of the universe. it is how we are in a position to truly seem into the previous. the reason we are in a position to do it is by utilising staring on the middle of the universe. notwithstanding you notice, you're looking into the previous, yet in basic terms by utilising like a nanosecond. yet easy travels at a definite velocity, working example, the sunshine you notice from the sunlight is 9 minutes old. so which you're seeing the sunlight because it became into 9 minutes in the past. And this is the comparable with the middle of the universe. We see the sunshine from tens of millions years in the past, for this reason, we are in a position to work out the universe tens of millions of years in the past. additionally, i opt for you to look up the 'MultiVerse', this is fairly appealing. extra suited yet, watch an episode of "in the path of the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman", episode: "Is there fairly an part to the universe?". And sure, the universe is expandind, that's defined in the multiverse concept. and likewise this is not any longer limitless. all of us be responsive to this, even however we can't see the very limits. yet we are in a position to work out the outer part yet looking into the interior middle, appealing, isn't it? ~~~ additionally, till now the great bang befell, the universe became right into a spec, with regard to the size of a marble. in fact, it exploded and extra advantageous, and took tens of millions of years to sort. yet, it continues to be increasing... nonetheless becoming, getting larger.
2016-10-02 01:57:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it has no bounds. To have an 'edge' there must be some sort of 'distinction' between 'Universe' and 'not Universe'. Since there is no such distinction, there is no edge. And, with no edge, there can be no center.
HTH ☺
Doug
2007-02-27 03:28:30 · answer #5 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, because it does have and edge and a center.
2007-02-27 03:56:28 · answer #6 · answered by Cuppycake♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know it does'nt, maybe we are so minute that there is some child wanting to find out whats in pandora,s box.
you sound in your question like you know that it has no edge and no centre and want an explanation, nobody will give you the right answer because no one knows,
2007-02-27 03:38:13 · answer #7 · answered by Mrs R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infinity
2007-02-27 03:31:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you ask for an explanation, you could easily get a hundred. All are speculation, so do not "believe" any of them. The best that you can do is to know what others believe, not what is "true", whatever that might mean, and not what you "should" believe is probably true.
2007-02-27 04:49:19 · answer #9 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they say that there is a massive black hole at the very center of the universe i think that is somewhere in new mexico
2007-02-27 03:48:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋