So you are saying the mass of the universe is infinite. On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 4:40 PM, A. Wolf <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Yes, but space may be simply the coordinate system in which matter and > > energy move. Even if the coordinate system is infinite, it doesn't matter > > because the particles' occupy a finite (but growing) part of it. > > I don't think your conceptualization of an expanding universe is correct. > No currently accepted model of the universe consists of a bunch of > centrally-located matter with "empty space" surrounding it, and it's easy > to > see why: we can see the big bang (or at least, the moment when light > decoupled from matter) from every direction in the sky. This means that > there is no center to the universe. Matter is fairly uniformly distributed > throughout the universe, and the universe is either finite but unbounded, > or > (as measurement of the CBR supports) infinite in both size /and/ content. > > So there is no "center" to the universe from which things are expanding > into > empty space. Rather, everything is moving away from everything else. > Evidence suggests there's an infinite amount of stuff out there, either > way, > because careful measurements of the visible universe show zero curvature as > far back as is possible to see. > > Anna > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
