Where does space end? If you built a wall around it, what would be on the other side? Please make the answer simple.
2007-03-03 09:13:03 · 21 answers · asked by Kevan M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
its something you'll never know for sure so stop tyring to get your head round it, have a drink and chill out its Saturday
2007-03-03 09:17:06 · answer #1 · answered by sparkytasa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Space is supposed to have no beginning or an end. Every point in space is its centre. Quite mind boggling isn't it? Space is all pervasive. At the time of creation there was no space as we know it. So question of building a wall around it does not arise. Since there is no 'otherside', the question 'what is on the otherside also does not arise'
2007-03-07 01:58:12 · answer #2 · answered by Govinda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To build this wall there are a few problems as follows
1 There are not enough bricks on Earth .
2 It will be difficult to get a good foundation.
3 Lack of gravity is a problem.
4 Cost is prohibitive----who is going to pay?
5 No building society or bank is interested
6 Staff will be reluctant to travel so far from home
Good luck with your endeavours
2007-03-03 17:48:44 · answer #3 · answered by confused gardener 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As you suspect the answer is kinda difficult. Simply the Big Bang took place 13 to 14 billion years ago. That means if we had the most perfect telescope (it hasn't been made yet) which could see as far as say 20 billion light years (a light year is the distance that light travels in a year) it couldn't see that far. It could only see as far as 13 to 14 billion light years and it would see the universe starting.
What this means is that practically, for us, that is the size of our universe. We can know nothing beyond that.
2007-03-03 17:32:57 · answer #4 · answered by Richard T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Space is not infinite, it has a static mass and an expanding volume.
But there is no "egde" of the universe. Any point in space can be considered the edge, or the center. If you were to hop in a spacecraft and travel in a stright line...eventually you would return to the starting point. The universe has no shape we can comprehend with our puny human brains.
2007-03-03 17:34:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can put things in space you can take things out of a place and put them in another place. but space is an abstract infinite space would be on the inside the wall area , inside the wall it self ,and outside the wall, unless the wall is an infinite absolute point , matter isn't space it is in 'space' and creates spaces and"takes up" space
2007-03-03 17:25:16 · answer #6 · answered by Book of Changes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you built a wall around space there would actually BE a final frontier!!!
2007-03-03 17:16:09 · answer #7 · answered by franja 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Space expands every second it doesn't end.But after 6 billion years there might be a big crunch.That means space i mean the universe is going to get destroyed.
2007-03-03 17:23:40 · answer #8 · answered by ivan the mighty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is hard to imagine it, but there is no end to space. You can travel at 1,000,000 years at 1,000,000 mph and still not come to a stop. We find it difficult to imagine this because everything we know has an end to it, but space is endless.
2007-03-03 17:43:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NASA or any other space organization haven't gotten that far, last time I heard. Right now, they actually believe the universe is expanding and the expansion is speeding up.
2007-03-03 17:22:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Tax Man
2007-03-03 17:17:16 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋