Do everyone agree the fact that the space in the universe is infinite, or it is a gimmic or illusion
2007-07-08 20:34:04 · 7 answers · asked by karthik 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It has been mathematically determined to be a finite universe, but that it is expanding and it's speed is increasing. An illusion? All that is is a product of perception of our senses and their impact on our brain and it's trillions of interconnections. You, and I, are awash in the hugeness of all with only our senses between our inner self and ALL. It is either so very very real or...not. I think it is more real, very very real, than I can sense, but that is a thing that can be remedied.
2007-07-08 22:36:41 · answer #1 · answered by mike453683 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think that it is a gimmic or an illusion.
Astronomers can presently see objects out in space at distances up to 40 Billion Light Years from Earth in all (any) directions with the high tech telescopes and radio telescopes they have now. And, that is not the end of it...they just can't see any farther because their equipment fails to provide any useful information beyond that point...an equipment limitation.
So, I don't know what you call "infinite" exactly, but for me, 40 Billion Light Years is pretty close to that distance...at least it is far enough away to be in the ball park of infinity.
2007-07-09 02:05:08 · answer #2 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe has no boundaries, but that doesn't make it infinite. It could be infinite, but it need not be. If it is finite, then it still has no boundaries, and just like you can't walk off the edge of the Earth (walk far enough and you're back to where you started from), you can't rocket off the edge of a finite universe (rocket far enough and you're back to where you started from).
2007-07-09 01:15:25 · answer #3 · answered by ZikZak 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is impossible to consider the universe without using some very large numbers. Our own earth, for example, is about 12,900 kilometres (8,000 mi) in diameter. Compare that with the sun, which is 1,392,000 kilometres (865,000 mi) in diameter and could hold more than a million earths. The surface temperature of the sun is almost 6,000 degrees Celsius (11,000° F.), and at the core this is believed to rise in excess of 15,000,000 degrees Celsius (27,000,000° F.).
However, in comparison with a star examined in 1981 by the Explorer satellite, our sun is quite small. This hot, blue star, known only as R136a, is ten times hotter than our sun, 2,500 times more massive, one million times bigger and a hundred million times brighter! Can you comprehend all of that?
Undoubtedly many of the theories advanced to explain these extraordinary sights will be revised from time to time. But one thing is sure, we live in a wonderful universe, and as we probe farther and farther into space, we find ourselves more and more in awe.
2007-07-08 20:47:42 · answer #4 · answered by conundrum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only infinity is the void that the universe came from.
2007-07-11 10:21:37 · answer #5 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well its all in hubble's law...if the OMEGA is less than one then its finite or parabolic...if its equal to one then its flat if more than one than hyperbolic
till now its infinite and flat
2007-07-08 23:31:30 · answer #6 · answered by Korcs0o 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PRESENT SPACE? WAS THERE LIKE A...PAST SPACE? IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH THERE WAS PAST SPACE THAT HAD BOUNDARIES.
2007-07-08 21:54:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋