centre of the universe?

Question

if the universe is infinite from every point, can every point in the universe be the centre of the universe

Answer 1

The shape of the Universe could be oval or spherical according to the degree of curvature of space, assuming of course that the universe is bound! No body can prove or disprove that; and any idea about the center of the universe is hypothetical. First, this really makes one wonder how space or nothing can be curved, and if it is curved and bound where is its center?. If you put enough effort to indulge in deep thinking about this, you would realize that the forces of gravity, which are in space, cause the space to be curved. If you say that the universe has no shape and extend to infinity, then you have to disregard the theory on space curvature and believe that there is no center to the universe. Some people think they know more than others and judge people's theory on space and time as rubbish compared to their's, or if other's theory negates their's. Now to go on; if there is no shape of the universe then there is no center and like you have said:"Any point in the universe could be the center" When you say center of the universe you are referring to a certain shape. Center of what? The word center implies you have a curvature of some sort, or a shape of some sort, which has a center. When Einstein discussed his theory about curvature of space, he also meant that space could be bound! If there is no shape to space, then no there is no center, and any point could be the center. If there is a center, then the universe is either spherical or oval or of any shape of some sort that has a center. I select a sphere as the shape of the universe just to make the idea that I have in mind as clear as possible, or to make it clear to you to understand since you are the asker. The universe may have an oval shape or something between oval or spherical. I will put some effort herein and try to prove to you that the universe has a shape of a perfect sphere. This is true only after the universe has come to an end and collapsed into black holes. That is how I may reach to a conclusion otherwise it may take for ever trying to understand the universe, and even forever is not enough. This way of thinking support the theory which says that the universe has two phases, namely expansion phase and retraction phase. If our reasoning is sound and acceptable so far, then there must be enough matter in the universe to cause the expanding universe come to an end and the universe begins thereto to retract toward its center. Black matter therefore must exist for the universe to collapse inward. To elaborate further into this reasoning, all the black holes that exist in the universe have to diverge into one big black hole one day and therefore the curvature of the universe will be homogenous every where outside that big black hole and thus this deadly universe should be a perfect sphere! First, all the matter inside the universe has to be sucked inside the one big black hole remained after all the other black holes have themselves got sucked by the biggest one. So every massive object or matter in the universe will converge inside one big black hole. But what happens to that big black hole? That black hole keeps on shrinking and shrinking …and shrinking more and more and the forces of gravity will expand through a greater area in the empty space more and more. There is no end of shrinking and there is no end of expanding area of the forces of the gravity. Hence, the theory of space curvature must be true as a result of this enormous gravity in space resulting from attracting all existing matter in the universe into that big black hole. In time that remaining black hole becomes as big (Or rather as small as)as the tip of the pin and that is not all, it keeps on shrinking further and further to reach zero, but it will never reach to zero because it takes infinity for that black hole to shrink into nothingness. Also the process of shrinking keeps on forever and ever and the process of the gravity increase in space as a result of this huge singularity remains also for ever. At this point, the universe would be spherical and the center of it would be that shrinking hole unless at a certain stage and at a certain time that that black hole explodes again and create a new universe, and hence, another big bang. Now tell me if you can understand all of this, and if you can allocate a center of the universe if the universe is finite. If not then there is no center!

Answer 2

No, the exact opposite is true. If the universe is infinitely large in all directions, no point can be exactly at the centre. The reason is, to divide an object into two the object must be a finite size. If it is not a finite size you can never say when you have reached the centre as you do not have a starting or ending point from which to measure. Wherever you start to measure from, or wherever you stop measuring, the universe still stretches out in front of you and behind you infinitely. Even if you travelled in a straight line at the speed of light for 40 billion years, when you stopped the universe would still stretch out in front of you infinitely.

Answer 3

The universe has no center according to the theory of 4-dimensional space-time. The universe exploded from a single point in space-time, so a center that exists in only 3 dimensions doesn't exist. The analogy I always hear is like a balloon being inflated. The surface of the baloon represents 3-dimensional space, but it's also expanding in the 4th dimension, which is time. No point on the surface of the balloon can be said to be the center, even though all points originated from the same spot. The center (and the point of origin of the exploding universe) exists separtately from the surface of the balloon that represents 3-dimensional space.

Answer 4

According to the Steady State Theory the Universe should look roughly the same at all times as well as all points of space.So any point in the Universe may be regarded as the Centre point.

Answer 5

You said "...can every point in the universe be the centre of the universe..." and your thinking is correct, even though the word 'centre' isn't exactly right. Instead we say that no matter where you are in the universe that place APPEARS to be the centre. The fancy word for this is 'isotropic.'

Answer 6

The Universe may or may not be infinite. We have no way of knowing, and perhaps no way we can know. We do know that there is a lot of material beyond our event horizon that we will never be able to see.

Within our event horizon and in the much larger space of similar physics that surrounds it, there is no center. All space-time points that are at rest with respect to the cosmic microwave background are similar with respect to large-scale dynamics.

Answer 7

Scientists have been able to determine the volume of the universe through the microwave background radiation from which they come to know the centre of the universe.

Answer 8

It's very confusing question,so I can't help u to much
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Answer 9

the sun

Answer 10

me