universe? If not where did the 'big bang' happen?
2007-07-31 21:39:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No, we're not at the center. Everything is accelerating away from everything. We can't see the boundary of space, so we don't even know where the "middle" is. As for the "location" of the big bang, realize that by "universe" we don't mean just the stars and planets, but rather all of space and measurement itself.
Take a ball of play dough, call it "Bob", and pull it into two pieces. Put one piece on either side of the room. Now answer the question, "where is Bob?" Bob is both on one side of the room and the other at the same time, just as every point in the universe that was part of the big bang is now billions of miles apart.
2007-07-31 21:50:04 · answer #1 · answered by bgii_2000 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wrong impression: you think in three dimensions: those we see.
The universe is not a big "ball" that contains the lot and has a center. It has NO center.
The best way to understand is to think of a rubber balloon.
The universe is NOT the INSIDE of the balloon, but the SKIN of the balloon.
At the begining, the ball is "empty" and extremely small: this is the instant of the big bang. As it inflates and grows, the balloon increase in size... but we are still just the skin.
The balloon has no "center" (remember: "inside" does NOT exist...), it is the surface of a sphere. Mark points on the skin: they are stars or galaxies.
As the size of the ball increases, EACH star gets further away from ALL others.
I know it is hard to conceive, but it is the best analogy we have to imagine (visualise) the "curved space" in which we live.
2007-08-01 00:03:19 · answer #2 · answered by just "JR" 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Consider we are at the center of a bubble of space 1 billion light years across,the distance is so great that we could see everything moving away from us yet moving in the same direction as all the others.
Our galaxy is 100,000 light years across which is insignificant when compared to a billion light years.
2007-08-01 01:46:24 · answer #3 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just because the universe is accelerating away from us doesnt mean we are at the centre. we are also moving away, but at a different pace, therefore you may examine certain mass are 'moving away from us' quicker, or slower.
it is virtually impossible to determine where the big bang happened because that would require extreme sophiscated instrument to measure not only the place (where) but time (when).
2007-07-31 23:21:57 · answer #4 · answered by HBKidBen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Picture dumping out a huge bucket of ping pong balls or B.B.'s on the floor. They spread out. It does not matter which one you focus your attention on, middle of the mass or toward the edge, they are all going away from each other. As for the event that started it all, it is probably fairly centralized but would it have to be perfectly central? Maybe not. Check out the link below, it is great.
2007-07-31 21:45:11 · answer #5 · answered by mike453683 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The universe is expanding but not everything is accelerating away from us.
... back to the drawing board!
2007-07-31 21:43:18 · answer #6 · answered by 203 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says everything is going away from us? Does not make sense.
2007-07-31 21:52:23 · answer #7 · answered by Kenny Ray 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because we ourselves are moving too. so we're not at the centre of the universe. 16th century flash back
2007-07-31 21:42:28 · answer #8 · answered by Booboo64 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
who told u this?
2007-08-01 14:49:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow!!!
2007-08-01 05:24:43 · answer #10 · answered by sunshine 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋