do you agree that human will never reach the edge of universe
2007-07-27 18:16:45 · 6 answers · asked by zahari1950 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
God I hope it's not my spleen.
I do agree that humans will never reach the edge of the Universe. Unless some new form of propulsion is developed, it will be a very long time until Man travels to a nearby star. I don't believe that Man will ever conquer intergalactic travel. There are too many stars in our own galaxy to keep us busy for a while.
I do believe that soon advances in telescopes will allow us to "see" to the edge of our Universe. As much as I would love to travel TO INFINITY...AND BEYOND, I am pleased to live in a time when I can sit in my easy chair at home and view the latest pictures from telescopes and satellites and probes and rovers right here in our own solar system.
2007-07-27 19:01:30 · answer #1 · answered by Troasa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to reach the end of the universe (which is expanding at the speed of light) humans would have to have BILLIONS and BILLIONS of years of time on their hands and the technology to travel faster than the speed of light-because if we travel faster than the speed of light, we will eventually catch up to something traveling at the speed of light. Example: If a cat runs at 15 mph and a dog runs at 20 mph, and the cat gets a two-mile headstart (and they're running in a set straight line just for the purpose of my explanation-I know it's pointless but whatever), and they both take the same exact course, the dog will catch up to the cat even though the cat got a 2-mile headstart because it's going faster than the cat it. It's simple math. But it's completely improbable because in the hundreds of billions of years it would take to reach the edge of the universe, the universe would have probably ended anyways. So most likely no, but there's a slim chance.
2007-07-28 03:12:31 · answer #2 · answered by Echo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course we will never get there. Scientists are divided as to the size and distance from the edge, between 78 and 180 BILLION LIGHT YEARS! The Universe is made up of
more than one hundred billion (1011) galaxies in the universe,each containing hundreds of billions of stars, with each star containing about 1057 atoms of hydrogen. The size is inconceivable for humans in reality. And so is our absolute total smallness.
2007-07-28 01:30:30 · answer #3 · answered by Iamstitch2U 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are we the only life-form in the universe? No, I think there is lots of indication that life is ubiquitous. It's just spread out over very great distances.
Edge of the universe is undefined and considered infinite. Who can tell?
2007-07-28 01:25:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
yeah I agree
2007-07-28 02:20:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
what edge? no one knows where that is, or if it's there at all.
2007-07-28 01:46:25 · answer #6 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋