A universe with no ending?

Question

Astrologists say that the universe has no ending, it just keeps expanding and expanding as time goes on.
It's just weird because if you think about it, Humans start off really small and we grow, but we have a space to grow into, earths space to grow into. So really, when the universe is expanding where is it growing into? And does that give the possibility that theres a space for the universe and theres way way way more other universes out there? We already know theres many more galaxies. I don't know.. It's just so mind boggling to think about.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mcBV-cXVWFw

That video is what got me thinking about it more than I used to.

Answer 1

Actually astronomers say that the universe does have bounds and that it is like a balloon. I believe that there are multiple universes therefore there are more than three dimensions. I also believe that black holes are the puncture holes into the various universes and dimensions. And when the universe is expanding it is expanding in nothingness. No point the boundires of the universe is empty. Micro waves dot every amstrong of the universe. This sets the universe apart from nothingness. The videos are quite interesting and you will learn a lot.

Answer 2

It is literally mind boggling to think about what might be outside the universe. Our minds are part of the universe, and we can't imagine anything that could exist outside. By definition, we can't know what is outside the universe, because it contains all of time, space, and matter and therefore all information that we can know. There is no possible way to get information from outside the universe or to send any information outside the universe.
Some people speculate that there could be other universes, but they would be in other dimensions, and there can be no possible way to communicate with them, or to determine whether they really exist.
As far as we know there is nothing outside the universe. No space, no time, no matter, no energy and no information. The universe is not expanding into anything. It is just expanding.
We don't know if it will ever stop expanding or not. Right now, it doesn't appear that there is enough matter in the universe to slow down the expansion rate. We may never be able to determine conclusively whether there is or is not.

Answer 3

Okay, so you got some new information...great.

Now, the problem is your definitions...get them straightened out and you won't have such a big problem...

Space is not expanding. There is no definition of the size of space (or the Universe).

Things in space are moving farther apart. We "can" measure and compute the distances between things we can "see."
And, so far, with all of the fantastic technology that we have today, we can "see" out to distances of 40 Billion Light Years in all directions frtom the Earth using optical and radio telescope equipment. We cannot "see" things out past that because of the technical limitations of our equipment. Some day, maybe some new software or technical development will extend our sight capabilities out to maybe 60 Billion Light Years or so. Only time will tell...

By definition "The Universe" is the Earth and everything that is out there, planets, moons, suns, stars, asteroids, comets, meteors, space junk, gas, clouds.....everything that is out there. So, when you hear someone talk about a Universe on the other side of this one, you have my permission to laugh.


That makes all the difference and is simply a correction of the misuse of certain words.

Answer 4

I agree with you, there are probably many more universes in the void, there could be millions of them. These universes would be invisible to each other because they would have curved space around them preventing the escape of light. It is mind boggling but you have a good idea of what is going on, don't thy to imagine what your brain is incapable of, just go on reading and learning.

Answer 5

The universe we live in could be part of something so big it would unmeasurable. Think, our own bodies grow by cells copying until they become us. Our universe could very well be the similar in nature.Weird way to think about it huh? We will never know the answer to the big questions. How did it start and when will it end? We will rack our brains forever :-)

Answer 6

the universe will keep on expanding and is expanding faster and faster till one day its speed will exceed its mass and will implode on itself only to go back to the point of the big bang and will start all over again,now every thing is related time,space,mass so as mass picks up speed so does time in other words a Dino's day must have seem like a life time to us ,so when you say today sure went fast you were making a scientific statement

Answer 7

Astrologers don't really have much to do with it.

biological growth has absolutely nothing to do with astronomical expansion.

It's possible that there are other universes expanding towards us. But humans will never know it. We will be dead long before it;s every visible.

Answer 8

The human mind will never be able to fathom such a thing.