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If the universe is expanding, what are we filling up?


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Originally posted by Soulja

If the universe is expanding, what are we filling up. It cant be space beacuse the universe is space right?

This is always a hard one for people to get to grips with (some are lucky and can make the conceptual leap easily).

 

The Universe is expanding but it does not fill anything up. Hard to imagine as it sounds, but the Universe is "making" space whilst expanding not expanding into a space. :scratch:

 

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Originally posted by §lîñk?¥?

The Universe is expanding but it does not fill anything up. Hard to imagine as it sounds, but the Universe is "making" space whilst expanding not expanding into a space.

 

So, in a sense, it's filling the vacuum that nature so abhors? ;)

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Originally posted by the GardenGnome

And you have proof to back your statement, theory, hypothesis or whatever you want to call it?

No, and I never claimed to have a proof. I made my statement based on logic. The logic being that to be outside space and time is a meaningless statement because without space and time what have you got? No space and no time. When and where is that precisely?

 

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Originally posted by §lîñk€¥™

No, and I never claimed to have a proof. I made my statement based on logic. The logic being that to be outside space and time is a meaningless statement because without space and time what have you got? No space and no time. When and where is that precisely?

 

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Just being curious. Nothing bad.

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Whats stopping there just being more nothing out there, like the nothing between all the matter of the universe.

 

The edge of the universe seems to be defined by matter at this point, what about electromagnetic waves and gravitational fields? Do they extend out past the edge of the matter?

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I don't think anything beyond the universe is effected by gravity. The edge of the universe is made of gasses, which arn't pulling at anything in nothingness. Unless, the universe is being pulled by this notheingness.

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