Hard to believe how huge is any galaxy. Our own is simply to large to be explored by us. The fuels are inadequate, the distances are too great and our lifespans are too short.
From what Karl Saga said (BILLions and BILLions of stars) our galaxies are getting farther and farther apart from each other, thus increasing the distances.
So what's at the edge of the farthest/oldest galaxy? Spam? Lol. Is there the edge of the page out there?
Nice to think of these things at Christmas...the birth of the Son of God. That would be the same God who made the galaxy in said photo. Or if you would preferr, the God who set the big bang in motion.
The best guess is that there is no edge; i.e., if you traced an arc in any direction for long enough it would end back where it started. (I'm simplifying, obviously.)
Think of the galaxies as dots on the surface of an inflating balloon - no edge, as the balloon gets larger, all the dots get farther from each other.
"Our galaxies are getting farther and farther apart from each other."
Really?
Then why are we also told that galaxies are always colliding with each other?
"Our own is simply to large to be explored by us. The fuels are inadequate, the distances are too great and our lifespans are too short."
You have no imagination. The thought of man landing on the moon could not have been conceived 2000 years ago because people did not really know what the moon was.
How do you know that in 2000 more years travelling to the other side of the galaxy might not be as easy and routine as a transatlantic flight?
There is more under heaven and earth than is dreamt of in your philosophy starfish923.
So what's at the edge of the farthest/oldest galaxy?
Is there the edge of the page out there?
But whats beyond the edge of the page, or on the next page, or outside the box? These questions are so far beyond my comprehension it drives me nuts. (OK, its not a drive, its a short put).
The GOOD LORD is NOT finished with us yet!