2007-06-23 10:23:17 · 27 answers · asked by robert davis 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
And how did you come to this conclusion
2007-06-23 10:40:14 · update #1
Because it may of began as a Cosmic egg that exploded in the Big Bang, there is a center, but it is constantly expanding outward just like the rest of the universe. but according to Hubble research, we are not even close to the expanding center of the Universe! and it's foolish and ambiguous of man to still think he is the center of everything!
Nightrider, just like the Silver Surfer were riding a cosmic wave....Yahoo!
2007-06-23 11:48:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
In short, there is no center of the universe.
This was a hard concept for me to grasp when I was taking Astronomy classes.
The problem, I think, comes from the name of the event that started time and the laws of physics and, thus, the universe: "The Big Bang." "Bang" implies an explosion, which, as we know it, involves some sort of reaction among particles and a shock wave emanating out from, you guessed it, a center.
According to the actual Big Bang theory, however, there wasn't an "explosion" of particles and atoms and matter at the moment of the phenomenon. If I remember correctly, before the Big Bang, there was only some sort of plasma soup with all the matter that would become the universe, and it was not a singularity point like in a black hole, it was everywhere. When the Big Bang actually happened (we don't even have a theory of what happened to make it start), there was no center, since it happened everywhere.
It's a tough thing to conceptualize, that everything is expanding but not away from a center, but that's what modern astronomers stand behind.
2007-06-23 18:54:17 · answer #2 · answered by easymac 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everywhere in the Universe is the center. The universe has no UNIQUE center. NOW is the edge of the Universe. This is as far as it has gotten... it's also NOW everywhere in the universe.
2007-06-23 11:00:34 · answer #3 · answered by johnnizanni 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The point at which it began with the Big Bang.
No...that's probably wrong. We don't know if the rate of outward acceleration is constant at all points of the universe, so finding the actual center is likely impossible.
Cool question, though.
2007-06-23 10:27:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The center of the universe is where the Big Bang started.
It is roughly at the geometric center of the expanding sphere formed by all the matter that was scattered away by the primeval explosion.
2007-06-23 10:28:20 · answer #5 · answered by NaughtyBoy 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
There is no center. The universe is infinite. Even though we can see about 15 billion light years away and call that the end of the known universe, who can say that another "known universe" isn't another 15 billion light years away and we can't just see it because the light hasn't reached us yet. And another after that and so on and so on.
2007-06-23 10:41:56 · answer #6 · answered by slash1162 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
The Holy Trinity
2007-06-23 10:31:11 · answer #7 · answered by Five Crowns 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The north star is the only point in the universe that doesn't move.It would seam logical that would be the center.
2007-06-23 10:43:48 · answer #8 · answered by Elmer Paris 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The little world that everyone creates day to day.
the center of the universe is different to us all.
2007-06-23 10:28:41 · answer #9 · answered by kittykat887332 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
There is no center of the universe everything revolves around everything else
2007-06-23 10:30:08 · answer #10 · answered by Smash Masta 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋