Infinite means unlimited, endless which means if there is no end how can you add more if it already was everything???
2007-04-09 08:14:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The universe is not infinite, although it is unbounded. The usual analogy is with a bug on the surface of a balloon. The bug can go wherever it pleases, and never encounters a boundary, even though the balloon is of finite size. Now suppose that the balloon is expanding, and you have a reasonably decent model of the universe.
2007-04-09 08:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's really mind-blowing to think about something being infinite...
Anywho. I read an article in a science magazine that this isn't the only universe... They had a term for it, but it was a coupla years ago, so I can't really remember well enough to give you any details from it. There was an illustration of a bunch of bubbles and each bubble represented a universe...
I don't see how they could actually prove that this universe is infinate. I think they mean that everything is getting farther away from everything else though, not that the space itself growing more, but the matter moving outwards.
2007-04-09 15:26:37 · answer #2 · answered by xxsoupirxx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
~If an infinite number of crows each fills 2 infinitely deep holes each with an infinite number of red trinkets, an infinite number of yellow trinkets and an infinite number of green trinkets, which are there more of:
Crows?
holes?
red trinkets?
blue trinkets?
yellow trinkets?
trinkets of all colors?
Why can't the infinite universe expand into the infinity of nothingness beyond? It is an easier concept to grasp than some mythology of some being existing in nothingness and from that non-existent place, creating everything, don't you think?
2007-04-09 15:24:09 · answer #3 · answered by Oscar Himpflewitz 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are many levels of infinity.
There are infinitely many integers. There are also infinitely many real numbers. Nevertheless, the infinity that corresponds to the latter one is at a higher level than the former.
Technically speaking, the dimension of the integer numbers is larger than the dimension of the real numbers.
2007-04-09 15:26:06 · answer #4 · answered by Murat A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who told you it was infinite? The universe's size can be estimated by multiplying the age of the universe times the speed of light.
So that's 13.7 billion light years. Big, but not infinite.
2007-04-09 15:18:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends what is on the outside of infinity. If the outside is non-existence (NOT non-existent please note), then something infinite can expand.
2007-04-09 15:18:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the phrase doens't mean that the universe is literally expanding but with more technology we are discovering more so from our persective the universe is expanding because we ware learning more about it and seeing more of it.
2007-04-09 15:18:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe that's why it's infinite . . .
2007-04-09 15:18:49 · answer #8 · answered by GoatGirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe its becoming infiniter. :)
2007-04-09 15:21:25 · answer #9 · answered by somathus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋