I was reding a article in Time magazine that said that the Universe has an end to it. So my question is once the universe ends, whats on the other side? /If you say nothing, can you give an explanation of what nothing is?
2007-05-06 08:17:23 · 8 answers · asked by uiop b 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Time said my wrong what?
2007-05-06 08:24:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just because we don't know everything about the universe doesn't mean that it isn't infinite and without end.
Humans do not comprehend the concept of infinity, so we find it easier to argue that it must have an end, but then there's the question of what's after that.
Time Magazine was likely quoting one person that believes the universe has an end, if you read other articles in other magazines you will find opposite opinions.
Since we may never know, its less important than learning all we can about the universe we can see and understand.
2007-05-06 10:58:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The boundaries of the universe would be considered the furthest reaches that celestial bodies have traveled, where there is mass. What is beyond that boundary would be space without mass.
The same question could be asked, when you have a molecule, what takes up the space between atoms. The answer is nothing. The lack of matter is the void, null, nothing.
What is beyond the boundary of the universe, nothing, null the void of anything.
This is a difficult concept only for two reasons. 1) we live in a matter rich environment where there is always something since our atmosphere is immersive. 2) the concept of infinity is difficult to understand. The nothingness that he universe resides is infinite, there is nothing there, but it is a boundless nothing.
2007-05-06 08:30:28 · answer #3 · answered by Math Guy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since space-time is a property of the universe, there is no space outside the universe and no time before the universe.
2007-05-06 08:58:50 · answer #4 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think the question is that simple. From my limited understanding, physicists don't know. They talk about "closed" space, where "space" may only exist where there's matter to define it, and if you traveled in a straight line, it may not be true that you could travel forever, into infinity. This is all far beyond my ability to comprehend, just trying to explain what I think I've read...
2007-05-06 09:24:20 · answer #5 · answered by Ken H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the universe is spherical. Like the Earth. So that way we can never reach the end. Think like Columbus.
2007-05-06 10:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by JohnnyB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The end of the Universe could of already disappeared and we will not know it for several centuries.
2007-05-06 09:33:54 · answer #7 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps TIME is wrong. Journalists are not known for getting things right.
2007-05-06 08:28:31 · answer #8 · answered by ulfsnilsson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋