2007-05-18 07:26:42 · 9 answers · asked by Jonathan B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Sincce noone has seen the end of space, it is infinite in size.
2007-05-18 07:33:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Douglas Adams may very well have said it best:
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space. "
Well, that may well be one of those questions that we, as humans, may never be able to answer. Many phsycists speculate that space may be infinite, and the continuing expansion of the known universe seems to support this idea.
According to the big-bang theory, the universe was formed around 14 billion years ago, so the known universe is relatively flat and is much like a disk about 4 light years tall and 28 light years in diameter.
There are some theories that postulate that the big bang theory is not accurate and does not explain all of the universe. Many physicists from the past two centuries have theorized that big-bang-like events happen all over our universe, many so far away that we may never get the chance to know about it.
That is why the known universe is reffered to as the KNOWN universe. All that we know about, and may ever be able to know about, is what we are able to detect, and light seems to travel faster than any other signal we can detect. Hence a 28 billion light-year diameter (14 billion light-year radius).
But, as far as space is concerned, the empty medium through which all known mass and energy travels, it is probably infinite.
2007-05-18 14:45:33 · answer #2 · answered by j_wedesignweb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
in·fi·nite
–adjective 1. immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
2. indefinitely or exceedingly great: infinite sums of money.
3. unlimited or unmeasurable in extent of space, duration of time, etc.: the infinite nature of outer space.
4. unbounded or unlimited; boundless; endless: God's infinite mercy.
5. Mathematics. a. not finite.
b. (of a set) having elements that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with a subset that is not the given set.
2007-05-18 14:35:31 · answer #3 · answered by Tamborine 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No human could ever fully grasp the vastness of space, for if you did, it would surely cost you your sanity.
2007-05-18 15:42:41 · answer #4 · answered by eggman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do not waste your time trying to imagine how big and how small some things are.
2007-05-21 19:58:21 · answer #5 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is continually expanding, and the only limitations are those created by black holes and anti-matter.
2007-05-18 14:34:44 · answer #6 · answered by Dan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Space is HUGE!!!
2007-05-18 15:14:47 · answer #7 · answered by 6260531 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its really really big,never ending, goes on forever
2007-05-18 14:35:24 · answer #8 · answered by Bighorn 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
endless fasit circle.
2007-05-18 15:37:12 · answer #9 · answered by Tuncay U 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋