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Question about outer space

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:18 am
by be0wulf
Does space end or is it infinite? I had a math teacher that said there was no such thing as infinity but when i look at space that statement dosnt make any sense to me.

Re: Question about outer space

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:51 am
by Siryourchange
Space is infinite in my opinion it reaches out far from the Big Bang but i believe it is endless :)

Re: Question about outer space

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:46 am
by TheRedHerring
A math teacher.... with no concept of infinity? Pretty idiotic if you ask me. I think the universe is infinite, definitely.

Re: Question about outer space

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:27 am
by DontHate
Its not infinite but you cant get to the border becauseits kinda turned

Re: Question about outer space

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:40 pm
by Robert
Is space infinite only as long as it's expanding? Does that mean it will have a set value once it begins to shrink?

Re: Question about outer space

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 6:10 am
by Siryourchange
Dude you will be way dead by this time dont worry about it

Re: Question about outer space

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:04 am
by MrCxC
I'd believe it's infinite, unless someone proofs it's not lol

Re: Question about outer space

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:29 pm
by Lord4042
Dude you will be way dead by this time dont worry about it
+1 ._.

Re: Question about outer space

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:43 pm
by Armo
Does space end or is it infinite? I had a math teacher that said there was no such thing as infinity but when i look at space that statement dosnt make any sense to me.
In my opinion your mathematics teacher needs to go back to university all math teacher should have a concept of infinity. Second, the current more believed scientific theory is continuously expanding from one point (The Big Bang) and it is also backed up by some kind of evidence of everything moving farther away from each other. Defying the law of gravity there is some huge debate about it, but to skip to the end they believe that in the end of the universe everything will be scattered completely away from everything and all suns will be burned out. Answering your question, no the universe is not infinite, it is just eternally expanding at a rate that we will never be able to reach it's border without going to a new dimension/reality. This is because if we were to reach the end you would have to go outside and anything outside of the universe isn't our defying the laws of this universe making you in another dimension.

^^Summary to that- No the universe is infinitely expanding, not infinite but INFINITELY EXPANDING!!
I learnt more in this post, than the months of astrophysics I was forced to digest in high school...

Re: Question about outer space

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:02 pm
by Dargonknight
Its finite with boundd. Its currently expanding