Kinda a dumb question-well her it is-does the universe have an ending?

Question

does it? and if it does, where does it stop?

i just cant picture space have NO ending at all.....

Answer 1

yea cuz nothing is forever

Answer 2

I think the universe is just a gateway to a place of greater fascination and wonderment beyond our possible imagination

an ocean among oceans

Answer 3

We know now that the universe's expansion is actually accelerating, which means it will never result in a "Big Crunch". It will end in a sort of depressing way though, black holes eventually engulf the entire known universe, and according to Hawking, thses will eventually radiate all of thier energy away to reveal a dark and empy universe  

Answer 4

OK, FIRSTLY, NOT A DUMB QUESTION.

Kindly consider, that by definition the word "Universe" refers to a "never ending space" . . . etc.

SOOOO, by definition, NO, the Universe has no end.  But that is only man's meager attempts of explain things.

If you have trouble getting a grip on the "Never Ending" concept, consider that there are theories that all things are Circles, and that the extremities of Circles are "Never Ending" . . . q.v.

You may even want to search the "Mobius Band" concept, WHICH SOME CLAIM HAS SOME APPLICATIONS IN "SPACE WARP".  Many a Science Fiction Story has been written based on this concept, but it has been replaced now-a-days by the "worm hole" and "black hole" concepts.

SEE LINK I HAVE PROVIDED.

Answer 5

No. Currently the universe is expanding constantly. Scientists do theorize that if the universe ever did stop expanding it would probably collapse in on itself.

Let's hope that doesn't happen ;)

Answer 6

In spatial terms, the Universe IS limited in extent, but it does NOT have an ending in the normal sense, rather it curves back on itself and joins itself on all sides. For example, imagine a balloon. The balloon's skin has a limited size, but it has no edge, no place where the skin doesn't join onto more skin all around it. The only 'edge' it has is the barrier between it and the air around it and inside it, but this edge is dimensional in nature; it exists equally close to all portions of the balloon. Similarly, the 'edge' of our universe's space is a four-dimensional edge which exists literally right besides us, everywhere in the Universe, but we don't notice it because it's in a direction we can't point.

In temporal terms, the Universe appears to not have an ending either (although it does have a beginning). Dark energy, an invisible force that pervades the Universe and pushes objects apart where gravity pulls them together, is forcing everything apart faster and faster, making the Universe less and less dense as time goes by. In the meantime, all normal matter and energy in the Universe is subjected to the laws of entropy. Eventually all the stars in the Universe will die and their light will fade, leaving the sky completely black to the naked eye. The orbits of planets and stars will tend to fail, and many of them will be sucked into the growing black holes. Those that escape the pull of the black holes will eventually undergo proton decay in about 10^40 (that's a 1 followed by 40 zeroes, or 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000) years, leaving the black holes as the only material objects in the Universe. The black hole age will last for a further 10^100 years or so, but eventually even the black holes will decay through Hawking radiation and explode as they die, sending off the occasional spark of light every few eons and illuminating a small portion of the Universe before their light disperses in the vast depths of space. Soon after this (relatively speaking), the Universe will enter its final age, where photons are the only particles left. At this point, the Universe may have an end, of sorts: Since quantum effects will now rule supreme over almost the entire Universe, time as we know it may no longer have the same meaning it does now, in which case you could call this point the 'end of time'. Time would still exist, it's just that most of the Universe might not be affected by it.

Answer 7

This is a question that I have given many many years of thought to. I believe it is impossible for it to have an end and at the same time, it is impossible for it not to end. If you did come to an end, what kind of an end would it be? Would it be a solid end? No matter what kind of an end it is, the end would have to go on and on and on etc. or their would have to be something on the other side and it would have to go on and on and on etc.. If you think about the universe and everything, it is impossible for there to be anything here at all but at the same time it is impossible for there not to be anything here. If you think about this too much you might go out of your mind. They're coming to take me away ha ha hee hee ho ho  

Answer 8

i guess, everything is definite in this universe you know, probably the end will be the big crunch or low temps.

Answer 9

It stops at the precise point where your wondering stops...