How much bigger is The Universe than the "known universe" &, what lies beyond the boundaries of The Universe?

Question

If that one is too tough for you - let's start with "which came first, the chicken or the egg?"

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Answer 1

The greatest distance that we can see into space is limited by the sensitivity of our most sensitive telescopes. At the distances reached by these instruments we can barely make out quasars with high red-shifts. As larger and more sensitive telescopes are built we will see quasars at even greater distances. There is a limit to this, and that limit is the distance at which the red-shift becomes infinite (or "infinite enough" to become impractical to see beyond).

However beyond this distance we could expect that space just continues on with more galaxies and quasars etc. Theoreticians disagree as to what happens beyond our red-shift horizon. Does it just go on, or does a curvature of space eventually curve it into a "sphere"?

Here's one for you to ponder: Could a hypothetical photographer just this side of the red-shift horizon have taken a picture looking away from us to see beyond our horizon, and then transmitted this picture to us so that we could see what is beyond?

Then there is the issue of what dimensionality exists beyond the 3-space-and-time that we are familiar with. It could be that our 3-space-and-time universe is just part of a much larger complex, with other 3-space-and-time "universes" in existence.

The very fact that the physical constants are so finely tuned to allow the stable existence of everything from quarks to quasars argues for either Design or multiplicity. Perhaps the "universe" is big enough for both?

Answer 2

Quite simply the 'Known Universe' is what is visible from the Earth or from Earth orbit via satellites like the Hubble Space Telescope. There is no known answer to how big the actual universe is, it's simply best to imagine it as never-ending, as for all intents and purposes as we cannot 'see' the end of the universe.

As for the old Chicken and the Egg argument, if you follow the Darwinistic approach to evolution then the egg came first and the chicken merely evolved from a continuing line of egg laying creatures.

Answer 3

area And Time Exists in the Universe outdoors It, there is not any area Or Time...Its Absolute Nothingness. So There are no longer any Distances outdoors The Universe,So Its measurement Is L:B:H:T 0:0:0:0 ....Its Like announcing ,there is not any longer something till now massive Bang,for the reason that Time got here Into existence After the huge Bang. there is not any reason for super Bang,however the top result Is the huge Bang . for the reason that reason ought to Precede result,something ought to precede the huge Bang.....Its A Paradox,each and all of the regulations Of Physics ought to have got here got here Into Being, After BB,...So whilst coping with Exoverse ,they do no longer Stand actual.

Answer 4

Nobody knows the answers to those questions and I'm sure you know that. The universe may not have an end. Since we are three dimensional beings living in a three dimensional existence it is hard for us to understand that this could be possible. Since the basic fabric of space is a vacuum, devoid of anything, and essentially empty you could ask the question "can nothingness have dimensions?".
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Answer 5

Hi. Both the age and the speed of light determine what we can see. There is no know way of determining what is past the distance we can see.

Answer 6

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