I heard this on Paul Harvey but didn't get the whole story.
2007-08-25 18:04:40 · 5 answers · asked by biggie44 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
As space expands it outpaces matter so there would be nothing to see beyond the farthest galaxies.
The universe is a finite entity so it must have a maximum size.
To estimate it's size our solar system is the best bet for an attempt.
This puts the radius at about 6 billion light years.
The universe is no bigger but it could be much older,however the information needed to estimate it's age is not available.
The information disappeared when the farthest galaxies went out of existence.
The universe will continue to go on as long as the space-time pulse that initiated it continues.
When it stops the universe will go out of existence in about 6 billion years.
2007-08-26 01:48:11 · answer #1 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While that is true, the observable universe is constantly getting larger and older as we are constantly getting newer (old) information from farther and farther out stars in which the light is just now having the opportunity to get hurled through space at us. What is also interesting is that the farther back the horizon is pushed, the larger the universe gets, in a more than exponential relationship.
2007-08-26 02:38:07 · answer #2 · answered by schwibb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They found out the answer. The observable universe is aobut 78 billionlight years across.
2007-08-26 01:56:02 · answer #3 · answered by Bob B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If anyone tried it they would get nowhere because they would not know where to start or end.
2007-08-26 01:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by Doris_15 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry mate, never watched it, cheers.
2007-08-26 19:03:53 · answer #5 · answered by quob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋