I can't grasp the concept. how is there nothingness outside of our solar system?

Question

or how can it go on forever. i honestly have the hardest time thinking about that question. i mean, like, nothing goes on forever. && like. i dont know this idea of nothingness gets me so lost i get a huuuuge headache :]

Answer 1

We can't conceive of it because we were not born with the capabilities to be able to. Just like we are not able to fly, so we invented the air plane...dig?

Answer 2

I'll try to put this politely: You can't grasp that concept because that concept is incorrect. Outside of our solar system isn't nothingness, but something-ness. There are other planets, other stars, other solar systems and galaxies. I'm guessing that what you actually meant was "How is there nothingness outside of our UNIVERSE," which is also inaccurate, no matter what theory you choose to accept. Many assume that the term "universe" describes EVERYTHING, and therefore there is no such thing as OUTSIDE our universe, because our universe encompasses everything, without boundaries. There is also a lesser known theory called M-theory, or membrane-theory, which basically states that our universe occupies an entire colossal inter-galactic membrane. This membrane happens to be only one of many floating along side one another, and every once in a while the membranes collide, causing "big bangs," much like the one that supposedly began the universe as we know it today. But even in the case of M-theory there is something outside our universe...more universes! So don't give yourself a headache trying to grasp that concept. The concept itself is faulty.

Answer 3

if you honestly cant picture nothingness, imagine a ball floating in the air out of a parking lot, a basketball is the sun, a superball (bouncyball) being earth about 25 yards away. and then imagine everything else, how the sky just keeps going and how some things just dont stop, like numbers. nothingness is huuuuggge, draw a dot on a peice of paper and thats the universe compared to what could be nothingness

Answer 4

I take it you're asking how is there infinite space? I have trouble with that too. Similar with infinite time, yes? I mean, I can't even really detect yesterday or tomorrow - how the heck can I imagine bazillions of light-years!

Nothingness, though - that's precisely what it says. It doesn't go on forever; it doesn't exist except as your concept of "the opposite of somethingness." In fact the void, the abyss, that people find fearsome, is only really "there" where there's something to fill it (including empty space itself), otherwise it isn't even nothing. Like, where there's something, there can't be only nothingness =) Get it? eh.... well, it's hard to grasp.

Answer 5

We can only go on what astronomers tell us but we do know that there are more suns than just our own, so outside our solar system are millions of others, it's not a huge nothingness. No-one can say with any certainty that the number of other galaxies is fixed. Does it even matter? It's not worth getting a head-ache over!

Answer 6

I've just used this answer but it is just as relevant here their is a theory called brain theory (membrane) and everything is made up of membranes these membranes can be as large or as small as you like but only when measure, even in a void their is activity of energy and forces and these are observable. if it gives you such a headache don't think about it. but atoms are not solid the only solid part of an atom is the nuclei which are made out of smaller objects such as quarks.
and nothingness out side the solar system?? if you look up in the sky you can see stars and Galaxy's 100 billion approximately observable so out side this solar system their isn't nothing, plus the math only indicates forever but the math also indicate other universes (11 in total ) according to m-theory, string theory, and super gravity theory.
so everything is only in relation to measurements which some suggest is only possibly because we pin things down (basically)

Answer 7

There isn't. Outside our solar system is our galaxy. Outside of that is some empty space. Then there are many, many more galaxies.

If you want a headache about nothingness think about this...
If an atom was the side of a football field then the nucleus would only be the size of a pea and the rest of the space is nothing.
It boggles my mind too

Answer 8

Don`t worry! You are not the only one who feels that way!!
A very long time ago, that is how the inhabitants of each country must have felt, when they were told there was more to the world than where they lived.
What you have not seen, you have to take on trust, from those who have seen(or who have a greater knowledge of such things)
In generations to come, when the universe and beyond has been explored, it will be easier to understand, in the same way that we understand `space` better than our forefathers did, because our generation has visited space and the moon etc. One day, all will be common place, and everyone will understand.

Answer 9

there isn't nothingness, and it doesn't go on forever, the size of space can be a bit startling to some. but it is full of energy, matter and anti matter. gases liquids solids and plasmas (plasma being the most abundant) it just seems like nothing because no light reflects off the matter in space IE dark matter. but to the subject of nothingness. if there is nothingness why would it matter? wouldn't it just be nothing?
i know this is a hard concept to grab but i don't think its advisable to sit there and do your head in over it. nothing is the opposite of everything. weird but true.

Answer 10

It's pretty hard to comprehend, and most people probably still wouldn't comprehend just how big space is, if it wasn't for science. I mean, look at our own Solar System. It's massive and there's so much of our own Solar System that we still don't know much about...but compared to our galaxy, our solar system is just a speck. Then in space, there are thousands of other galaxies, many which are much larger than our own. Space is just incredible to think about. It's so immense!

Answer 11

I don't think there is nothingness outside our solar system - I think our solar system is surrounded by an infinite number of other solar systems. Earth is just a speck.