2007-11-03 14:20:58 · 12 answers · asked by Life goes on... 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Depends on your definition of "from one end of the universe to the other".
The co-moving universe is calculated at 46.5 billion light years in all directions from Earth.
So to go from one end of the universe to the other implies you are AT one end of the universe and we aren't.
But if you just take the basic simple concept that the universe is 93 billion light years across, then at the speed of light it would take 93 billion years.
BUT, while you were travelling the universe is expanding, so it keeps getting larger. So theoretically, you wouldn't actually be able to travel from one end to the other since the other end would be moving away from you faster than you were moving towards it.
2007-11-03 16:52:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is no end to the universe, unless you you travel for 50 billion years and run into the big rip (The end of the Universe.) To travel to the end of the Univeres would take for forever, even travelling at Googolplex (10x10100) times faster than the light, you would still never reach the end of the universe.
2007-11-04 19:59:38 · answer #2 · answered by Plasma 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would indeed take forever. Since the universe is infinite, without end, it doesn't matter how fast you travel, you will never reach the other side. There is no end!
As a reference point, the fastest manmade object ever launched (the New Horizons probe) will take over 9 years to reach the planet Pluto. Going to Pluto is just a short hop when compared to traveling across the universe.
2007-11-03 21:37:11 · answer #3 · answered by Jethro 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
(1) The universe is expanding faster than light. That is, the space between the galaxy super clusters is expanding faster than light, for places further apart than about 14 billion light-years.
(2) There is no "end" of the universe. It's like a round ball, except in more dimensions.
2007-11-03 21:55:07 · answer #4 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you travel at the speed of light or more, it does not take any time at all. If you travel at 1 mile per hour it will take billions of years.
2014-02-07 07:59:49 · answer #5 · answered by ARCHIE 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the "universe" as we understand it is actually all the stuff in it...all the stars, comets, and lost golf balls....it however is in this magical nothing that trully has no end....so if you are talking about this nothing, then it is infinite, but to travel from the edge of the stuff to the other edge of stuff would take light ten billion years (actually longer, because that distance is old news because it's based on 10 billion year old information)...if you were on a bike it might take longer
2007-11-03 22:49:10 · answer #6 · answered by Ford Prefect 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The length of the universe, from one end to another, is not known. thus, you cannot calculate how long it will take you to reach one end from another.
also, the universe is continuously expanding, there are many evidences that prove this, one is 'the red shift effect.'
2007-11-03 21:36:53 · answer #7 · answered by alternate 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I would die well before, i got anywhere near the other end of the universe.
2007-11-04 06:53:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will be happy to compute it for you, just as soon as you tell me how FAR it is from one end to the other.
This is a stupid question because there IS NO ANSWER... nobody KNOWS how far across the universe is OR how long it would take to travel across it...
2007-11-03 21:29:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ah as long as it take me too get to you if you was my woman or my wife.
2007-11-03 21:32:00 · answer #10 · answered by M 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋