Is the universe infinite?

[rudeguy]

Just wondering what ATOT thinks.

Is the universe infinite or not?

 

[techs]

There are no absolutes. Nothing is infinite.


Wait, what?

 

[lsv]

Who knows? Is it?

 

[Alone]

What's the point in asking a question that absolutely no one is capable of answering?

 

[her209]

The number of universes are infinite.

 

[BoomerD]

Just wondering what ATOT thinks.

Is the universe infinite or not?

I dunno...if the universe was created in a "big bang," where was it created? What was there before there was a there?

 

[Cogman]

Do you consider emptiness to be part of the universe? Then yes.

 

[Train]

The universe is only .99 repeating the size of infinite.

 

[Analog]

The universe is expanding.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I dunno...if the universe was created in a "big bang," where was it created? What was there before there was a there?

And WTF is so massive that it would tug a chunk of our universe towards it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_flow

the authors of the study found evidence of a "surprisingly coherent" 600–1000 km/s[1] flow of clusters toward a 20-degree patch of sky between the constellations of Centaurus and Vela.

 

[BoomerD]

The universe is only .99 repeating the size of infinite.

Then what's at the other end?

 

[SagaLore]

I don't think so. I believe if we traveled in the same direction long enough, we'd eventually end up where we started.

 

[SagaLore]

And WTF is so massive that it would tug a chunk of our universe towards it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_flow

In March of 2010 it was reported by Discovery News that NASA's Goddard Space Center confirmed this could be the effects of a sibling universe or a region of space-time fundamentally different from the observable universe. Data on more than 1,000 galaxy clusters have been measured, including some as distant as 3 billion light-years. Alexander Kashlinsky claims these measurements show the universe's steady flow is clearly not a statistical fluke. Said Kashlinsky: "At this point we don't have enough information to see what it is, or to constrain it. We can only say with certainty that somewhere very far away the world is very different than what we see locally. Whether it's 'another universe' or a different fabric of space-time we don't know."

 

[NikolaeVarius]

And WTF is so massive that it would tug a chunk of our universe towards it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_flow

I blame Daemons trying to eat the universe

 

[JS80]

Yes and no, at the same time.

 

[Ryland]

At our currently obtainable speeds the universe is infinite for us because we would never be able to get to the edge because it is expanding faster than we can travel. If we had some way to move faster than its expansion speed then we should be able to hit the edge of it eventually (although it has been expanding for billions of years).

No the universe is not infinite but I have no idea what you would find at the edge of it.

 

[rivan]

No the universe is not infinite but I have no idea what you would find at the edge of it.

Probably pie.

 

[LumbergTech]

no one knows

 

[sdifox]

Theoretically it is finite yet it is expanding.

 

[Ryland]

Probably pie.

Hopefully Fruits of the Forest

 

[Juddog]

It's not infinite, just really really really really really really really really really really really big.

 

[nerp]

Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe there are infinite finite universes. Think about that.

 

[Arcadio]

Finite, but boundless. Just like an ant can walk forever in one direction on Earth, without really leaving Earth.

I'm just throwing thoughts out there.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

The universe is already over, the ending just hasn't reached us yet.

 

[her209]

The universe is already over, the ending just hasn't reached us yet.

Does it automatically rewind and start from the beginning again?