Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] I'm glad you enjoyed it! The universe is too fascinating to not research into. We are humans, after all. The curious species.
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] Maybe it has an unlimited fuel energy supply or no force outside to act on it
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] I'm not nearly smart enough to be reading this thread, but if this were true does this mean if there was a Big Bang, that the matter it came from could be a previous universe?
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] Isn't it generally accepted/proven that the universe is expanding? Proved by the Doppler effect and red shift and what not? Don't crap on me, I'm not an expert but...
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] You are indeed correct there Terra. At least to my knowledge...
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] Higgs boson if it exists explains Big Bang (Takes energy converts to matter)
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] Yep. It's the theory that the universe kind of rebounds over and over, universe after universe. It explodes, and grows, the shrinks, and compressed into nothingness, and repeats.
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] Ok I am not too good with physics, i'm more of a bio-chem person, but I will say a few things. Well obviously the universe is finite. The fact that it is expanding means that it has a growing but finite border. As for time, time was created along with space (spacetime) so time also had a begining. However, there is a theory that states that this universe is not the first. I thnk it was called a big crunch and the big rebound, as I said, I do not study physics and this is all from light reading so I am not 100% sure. Anyway, the big crunch theory states that there will be a time that all the dark energy is all spent. At this point, the expanding of space will slow down, and space will begin to contract back into a singularity. Sound familiar? Yup Big Bang. In this theory it is called something like a big rebound. If this is true, it is possible that there was infinite "time" that existed. By the way, I agree with heat death theory, so I do not think this is true. I am just pointing out there are theories for a repeating universe.
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] Hence why my entire thread was based on that assumption. I believe it's expanding too, as with pretty much everyone. But I was saying that since it's pretty much proven to be expanding, we cannot discount the expansion, which actually contradicts the possibility of an infinite universe.
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] The question of the Big Crunch is whether or not gravity will be able to overcome whatever's forcing the expansion of the universe - presumably "dark energy". If it is enough, Big Crunch. If not, Big Freeze.
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] Plausible, but with the knowledge we have right now, I think heat death is more plausible.
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] I didn't see INnOUT's post, but that's a wonderful and broader coverage of it. And as he does, I see the Big Freeze as the most likely outcome.
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] Why not infinite expansion - no one knows if gravity will hold true outside this universe
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] Infinite expansion is an oxymoron. If something is infinite, it cannot grow or shrink. If it expands or shrinks, it cannot be infinite.
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] That's not true - imagine if dark matter is an unlimited power imput it will expand forever
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] Oh by the way, at this moment, the rate of expansion is increasing not slowing down. That comes after all the dark energy is spent. Acording the big crunch. Heat death says that it will never decelerate, so yeah. The universe is expandig faster now than 10billion years ago.
Re: The Universe is NOT Infinite [Proof] Forgive me if this doesn't make sense, but that would mean it's infinitely expanding, not infinite itself correct?