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marie999

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37. The universe has been expanding from the beginning of the big bang or whatever.

Sat Jan 1, 2022, 01:49 PM

Jan 2022

I guess there is an infinite amount of nothingness to expand into. Trying to get my head around that is like trying not to think about anything. I guess that's only possible when you are dead.

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Is the universe expanding faster than the speed of light?... But where to? [View all] keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 OP

Last I heard it now appears different parts are expanding at different speeds pecosbob Dec 2021 #1

The observable universe has a diameter of 93 billion light years Kaleva Dec 2021 #2

Maybe WHITT Dec 2021 #4

Not with any telescope. Disaffected Dec 2021 #15

If it's observably that big, how much bigger must it actually be at this moment? Frasier Balzov Dec 2021 #10

It's like a balloon being blown up. So there is not really a "where" that it is expanding to Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #3

This is the dawning of the... Iggo Dec 2021 #20

I hope it expands into my basement Effete Snob Dec 2021 #5

It seems to me that the only answer to that question is Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #6

There's always that balloon. The expanding universe is just that... TreasonousBastard Dec 2021 #13

I can accept the balloon theory. I'll probably never hear a better explanation. Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #14

It's not a theory Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2022 #28

Okay, I'll accept the analogy for $1.25. Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #29

Post removed Post removed Jan 2022 #27

Nobody is smart enough to explain it better. While the balloon illustrates how things move apart... TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #30

They aren't moving into anything. That's the point. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2022 #31

I'm not so sure. Motion implies going somewhere-- where is that somewhere? TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #33

It's both. ForgedCrank Jan 2022 #36

Infinity Deuxcents Dec 2021 #7

to Infinity... and beyond!!! lapfog_1 Dec 2021 #8

I believe a giant uterus Uncle Joe Dec 2021 #9

The key SNAFU is that gigantic three letter word 'all'. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #11

If the universe were a fetus Uncle Joe Jan 2022 #25

Speed is a function of space and time. As you go "faster"... TreasonousBastard Dec 2021 #12

It's expanding into Disaffected Dec 2021 #16

There is no "where to". The fabric of space itself is expanding. tinrobot Dec 2021 #17

Yes. These loopholes still come back to the word 'all'. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #19

Tough concept. Scientists are still trying to determine the meaning of "all" tinrobot Dec 2021 #21

Yep. Indeed that is correct (from my understanding). The question of what it's expanding into is triron Jan 2022 #38

To Hell in a hand basket. nt woodsprite Dec 2021 #18

The speed of causality (c), or the speed of light... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2021 #22

Our universe is but one bubble in a foam.... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2021 #23

Or the bubbles could be 'evolving' , but toward what? triron Jan 2022 #39

Or maybe they just 'pop' in a random way, just like the foam made by your dish soap. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2022 #40

I heard one physicist... Septua Jan 2022 #24

The greater the speed, the greater the mass and thus more energy is required to move you. Kaleva Jan 2022 #26

That's a tough one to explain. But, then, much of things about MineralMan Jan 2022 #32

there are books with some insight into the theories of what the universe is "expanding into" Takket Jan 2022 #34

Theories keithbvadu2 Jan 2022 #35

Another great one from Harris; A HERETIC I AM Jan 2022 #41

The universe has been expanding from the beginning of the big bang or whatever. marie999 Jan 2022 #37