If you go to the very end of the universe, and....(cntd. inside)?

Question

Say there is a physical end to this universe, and that we reach it. We bang on to some wall. Whats beyond it?
Wouldnt that be part of the universe too? The point is its diffcult to even visualize the physical end! Then is our universe a big loop of some kind? Does the space-time theory (which explains lot of strange characteristics of the universe) explain this in anyway?

Answer 1

I believe the universe is a 'closed' shape, meaning that there is no 'edge', however it does have a finite size. But just to entertain your question, if we one day did reach the End of the Universe we literally would be unable to describe anything on the otherside. Everything we know about physics, space time, the fundamental forces, the universal constants and so on only exist in this universe. Anything 'outside' of the universe could potentially then have different laws of physics and thus would be completely beyond our comprehension. Words would literally fail. For more fun reading, checkout the link in the sources.

Answer 2

The simple answer is no one knows. If people say there is no end to the universe...thats because we have no clue. Similarly if people say there "is" an end....even that projects answer without support. We simply dont know. As far as we can see....there is no end. Even advanced space telescopes couldnt answer this because we are tiny spec compared to this huge cosmos. Its truly a mistery for now. But who knows what new discoveries are yet to come in astronomy. Like Tommy Lee Jones says in "Men In Black"...."500 years ago we thought we are the center of the universe...300 years ago we thought earth was flat....who knows what tomorrow holds".



But there are theories in Quantum Physics that has proven mathematical theorems that make sense only if we consider multiple dimensions / Multiverse. The Super String Theory suggests (from its calculations and theorems) that there should be multiple dimensions inter-tweened into other dimensions in the frabic of cosmos. Again the question goes....so where does this entire system exist??? in another place??? then what do we call that place?? or is there anyother place other than the entire system.

Its kind of philosophical, theological, and scientific. Thats what makes it so interesting to everyone.

Answer 3

Imagine you're a two-dimensional creature living on the surface of an inflated baloon. That's your "universe." No matter how long you travel in any direction, you can never reach the end of your "universe." There are of course other dimensions relative to the two you live in, but you can't possibly know them nor experience them. We're pretty much in the same condition in our own 3-D universe.



Wondering what's beyond our universe is like standing precisely at the North Pole and asking what's farther north.

Answer 4

Ok. You are saying that there is a physical end of this universe..



I'm thinking that what is beyond that is God. Tremendous Energy, Awesome Warmth, Something Amazing. Surrounding the universe like a big hug. You know the song "He's got the whole world in His hands?" I think He has the whole universe in his hands!

Answer 5

There is not an edge to the universe. If you continue to travel in one direction, you will eventually end up in the same place you started. Think of it as traveling on the surface of a ball...trace your way around it and you are back to the same place. The real difference is that space consist of many dimentions and is near impossible for us to see the curvature. The only places we can observe the curvature of space-time is near massive object with extreme gravity such as black holes, and even whole galaxies can bend space-time.

Answer 6

I think Man's horizons are always extended each time we think we reach a limit, I don't think the edge of the "universe" will necessarily the end of anything, I think we could very well find lots of other universes.



Remember once the word world, meant everything, who knows we might need to revise the meaning of universe too.

Answer 7

The end of the universe is a paradox. It must exist as the galaxies are expanding toward it yet it can't exist, because the physical laws we understand wouldn't function there.

Answer 8

well, i hate to burst ur bubble but there is no end of the universe..thats what amazes me, it just keeps going forever..once you think about it its like..woah you can travel from the point of when u are born to the point of when you die at the age of 80 or 100 and youll just see other galaxies and never reach an end

Answer 9

The world might be spherical, but i think it end with a wall and beyond it is complete whiteness

Answer 10

the universe is still expanding but it is finite but rite now it is impossibble for us to keep up with the edge

yu mite not be able to pass the edge or yu mite disentigrate as yu do