It's just so hard for me to comprehend. I know the universe is huge, but how could there be an end to it? Would you just hit a wall and if so what is on the other side of the wall? They say some day that the universe may implode. If so what would be there. There has to be something still there. It cannot just go away.
2007-08-20 01:49:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
What is beyond the universe?
The main options:
1. Nothing. Just define 'universe' so it includes everything.
2. Space containing no matter and perhaps even no energy.
3. There is no such thing. Space exists only as relationships between matter, so if there is no matter, there is no space. I'm not joking. Some scientists seriously consider this.
4. There is no such thing. Space is expanding along with the material universe.
5. There is no such thing. The universe is a closed topology. I don't think there is any particular evidence to support this.
6. Conjecture whatever you like. We'll never know. It's beyond our event horizon. Imagine parallel universes if that tickles your fancy.
2007-08-20 16:29:51 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think anyone knows the answer. I think it is kind of like time. When did time start? What was there before that? Will time end? How can it end?
Some people say that the universe wraps around it's self so there is no beginning and no end. That begs the question - what is outside then?
They also say the universe is expanding. Expanding into what? If there is nothingness - isn't that still part of the universe?
There are some things we don't comprehend. I think that is where the belief in a higher being (or entity) comes from. But, when did that start? How big is it? etc.
I give up! I would go with "absolutely mind-blowing, isn't it?"
2007-08-20 09:09:15 · answer #2 · answered by Randy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some say that the universe is like a galaxy and that there are more than one. others say that the universe is like a warped plastic bottle or a pretzel, and if you travel long enough in one direction, you'll end up where you started.
and if the universe implodes, the cycle would likely repeate itself with another big bang.
2007-08-20 09:13:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The end of the universe is just east of Barstow, California. On the other side is Needles.
Seriously, nobody in our universe knows what, if anything, lies beyond it. If Stephen Hawking is correct, because we are constrained by the realities of our universe, we are incapable of knowing what other universes are like, completely, or possibly if they even exist.
2007-08-20 09:51:09 · answer #4 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If The latest bigest passenger Jet would travel at one billion MACHS would it hit a wall. what happens to the sound barrier.
We understand that the Universe is finite construcion. However we just do not understand what kind of constriction exists at the boundaries(wall?)
2007-08-20 09:26:00 · answer #5 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is one of those questions that literally makes my head hurt =P
2007-08-20 09:00:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
when its the end of universe, its heaven or hell (depends on you)
2007-08-20 09:04:42 · answer #7 · answered by arwa s. 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no true answer to your question...but it is absolutely mind-blowing, isn't it??
2007-08-20 08:57:33 · answer #8 · answered by auntcookie84 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋