If you could travel to just outside the Universe, could you occupy space there if there is none?
This can also be seen as, can you occupy space where there is no matter? As in can matter exist where there is no other matter?
2007-03-25 10:24:32 · 9 answers · asked by Luis 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Another way to ask this is if the universe was collapsed/condensed like before the big bang, would I be able to occupy space beside it when there is no other matter other than that speck?
2007-03-25 10:42:40 · update #1
I hate to disappoint everyone, but cosmologists are actually considering this question right now. I know the answer that Lee Smolin gives, but I haven't yet read far enough to know if I agree. It is definitely a meaningful question.
2007-03-25 20:37:47 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but hypothetically speaking, there may be other universes occupied by other things. They would not be considered "outside" of our universe (which implies a boundary) but "disjoint" from it. Our universe has no boundary to be outside of. *You*, however, cannot go there because the other universe is, by definition, disjoint. That means there is no route you can take in principle to arrive there, no matter how long you travelled. I think that's enough to wrap your mind around for the time being.
2007-03-25 11:28:27 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this question is somewhat equivalent to the single, what became there before the vast Bang ?. despite expands, it expands interior an open and unfastened area. It´s like inflating a balloon. each thing gets warmer interior a desperate area of the gap. It grows bigger yet as Friedman reported, in accordance to one among their fashions, develop will give up.
2016-10-01 11:41:48 · answer #3 · answered by puzo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe is the "space"
2007-03-25 10:32:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
There is no "space" outside of the known universe. There is no way to leave the known universe.
2007-03-25 10:28:29 · answer #5 · answered by RichardPaulHall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe is infinite there is nothing beyond it as it goes on forever and ever. Our conception of this is beyond our understanding therefore you will be unable to accept what I have said but believe me what I say is correct (see below)
2007-03-25 10:30:42 · answer #6 · answered by Exterminator 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would be like throwing a rock into a different medium...shore of a beach and then picking it up and throwing it in the water. Theory.
2007-03-25 10:47:09 · answer #7 · answered by hilroy233 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. No such thing as outside the universe. Impossible and improbable.
2007-03-25 10:32:54 · answer #8 · answered by jennilaine777 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If the universe is expanding, I suspect you can
2007-03-25 10:28:02 · answer #9 · answered by ryoma136 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋