Space is Expanding, but into What?

Shadowprophet

Truthiness
It's been a second since I've spoken about this topic, But, This always kind of bothered me, See, At the highest levels of physics, We just have to accept that we don't have the answers to certain questions.

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But that's not enough sometimes Because sometimes the question is, If space is expanding, What is it expanding into. This is a problem because if you are mathematically minded and grasp certain physical constants then you know Space has to have a Space to expand into. If there was literally "No Thing" there for it to expand into, It could not expand.

So What is this "Thing" That Space is unfolding or even inflating into? Because You see, Simple Answers like "Dark Energy" or "Emptiness" Just don't cut it, Those aren't so much Answers as they are attempts to avoid the question, What is our universe Expanding into? What Is beyond our Universe? Because there must be something Because It is expanding, We even have Examples of Sounds from outside of this universe. That Signal From the Beginning of Time Could Redefine Our Universe So, What is out there? More Space? Other Universes? Maybe, Because of the Curvature of time, Space expands and yet folds in on itself?

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Another theory is that we are creating space as our universe expands. Outside this expansion lies a higher dimensional space-time universe which we are unfolding into. Since it is a higher dimension, we would not be able to comprehend it to even study the issue.

In short, there are many theories about what may be out there. But since our view is so small and the universe is so vast, we may only be able to imagine what is there. We may be only able to see the effects on a large scale and theorize what is causing it.

What do you guys imagine is out there, Beyond our universe, at the Very Edge of all things.
 

GhostofBiedny

Celestial
It's been a second since I've spoken about this topic, But, This always kind of bothered me, See, At the highest levels of physics, We just have to accept that we don't have the answers to certain questions.

EasygoingFoolhardyHind-small.gif


But that's not enough sometimes Because sometimes the question is, If space is expanding, What is it expanding into. This is a problem because if you are mathematically minded and grasp certain physical constants then you know Space has to have a Space to expand into. If there was literally "No Thing" there for it to expand into, It could not expand.

So What is this "Thing" That Space is unfolding or even inflating into? Because You see, Simple Answers like "Dark Energy" or "Emptiness" Just don't cut it, Those aren't so much Answers as they are attempts to avoid the question, What is our universe Expanding into? What Is beyond our Universe? Because there must be something Because It is expanding, We even have Examples of Sounds from outside of this universe. That Signal From the Beginning of Time Could Redefine Our Universe So, What is out there? More Space? Other Universes? Maybe, Because of the Curvature of time, Space expands and yet folds in on itself?

giphy.gif


Another theory is that we are creating space as our universe expands. Outside this expansion lies a higher dimensional space-time universe which we are unfolding into. Since it is a higher dimension, we would not be able to comprehend it to even study the issue.

In short, there are many theories about what may be out there. But since our view is so small and the universe is so vast, we may only be able to imagine what is there. We may be only able to see the effects on a large scale and theorize what is causing it.

What do you guys imagine is out there, Beyond our universe, at the Very Edge of all things.

One controversial theory is that it is expanding into Steinberg's black (money) hole which seems to be infinite.
 

SOUL-DRIFTER

Life Long Researcher
Space is not a thing.
It is an immaterial state that only has meaning when something is in it, and has no limit.
Space does not really expand, but rather stars are moving further out which opens up more space between them.
If one were to travel 13 billion light-years beyond the farthest star that space would still be and have meaning as though the light may not be visible it is still there.

IHMO...
 
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