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To: Eye On The Left
"You mean halfway to the edge of the *observable* universe"

If the universe has an edge, then what's on the other side of that edge?

36 posted on 04/30/2008 12:07:34 PM PDT by joebuck (Finitum non capax infinitum!)
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To: joebuck
Re: "You mean halfway to the edge of the *observable* universe"

If the universe has an edge, then what's on the other side of that edge?

The universe might not have an 'edge', but the *observable* universe definitely does, because it's simply the limit to which we can see (in every direction). Regions of space beyond this limit are moving away faster than light and so are impossible to perceive.

More info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe

39 posted on 04/30/2008 1:06:41 PM PDT by Eye On The Left
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