Where is the universe located?

India
November 7, 2009 8:23pm CST
Could'nt just figure this out. There are two theories about the existance of the universe - the big bang, and the steady state. According to the Big Bang, the universe started from a very small "EGG" so to say, which exploded in the big bang and created the universe. According to the steady state, the universe has always been and will always be there. What I could'nt figure out is where the small "EGG", which caused the big bang, was located before the universe was created. And if the universe has always been there, where is there? What is the address of the universe? Is there something bigger than the universe where the universe is located? What was there before the universe came into existence? Is it possible for us humans to know this? Or is this something in the spiritual realm where we should not try and look?
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@urbandekay (18278)
8 Nov 09
It makes no sense to ask where is the universe any more than it makes sense to ask, "Where is time?" The singularity or small 'egg' as you call it, was space, was everywhere. Perhaps you might like to think of it as all time and space folded into a single point. all the best urban
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• Philippines
9 Nov 09
I believe in the Bible, as a Christian I believe that the universe was created by the Lord God and the universe is vast unlimited space, the different theories are just theories meaning they are not yet proven by scientific evidence as of late, but you have to realize how the universe is created there is a power that makes the universe and our planet unique and that power comes from the Lord himself.
@MrNiceGuy (4141)
• United States
9 Nov 09
I'm pretty sure the only answer could be "everywhere". But really, you raise a good point about expansion
@voldrox (7191)
• India
8 Nov 09
hi kaushal, talking from the scientific point of view i guess this things shall remain a little controversial for coming thousands of years!.. these all are just theories put up to try to understand what has happened millions of years ago, it sounds interesting to me too, when i was younger i used to wonder as well and as the universe keeps expanding to infinity we can't even define what infinity is here, is there anything bigger than the universe, no i guess universe is the biggest i mean everything comes inside it... it has always interested me what actually had happened and how this universe came into existence but i guess i am not that interested in it coz i believe in something different.. I believe in God.
@getbrowser (1708)
• China
8 Nov 09
Where is the universe located - there are still no apparent proof that tell us the location of the universe.
It is really a difficult task to answer your discussion. In fact, there are still no apparent proof that tell us the location of the universe. According to some famous specialists in this area, the universe is a self-contained system which bends in on itself. Meaning if you were to travel in any direction for a very long time you'd eventually come back to the same exact spot. That is to say, the universe is all over and an exact location has not been determined.
• China
9 Nov 09
it is too difficult to figure the whole universe out in short times,so there are many phenonema that doesn't make clear by science at present.however,human is called intelligence organism,i believe that everything is clear including universe with times going.
@Qaeyious (2357)
• United States
8 Nov 09
The material universe is all matter, from the center of the earth to the end of the furthest galaxy, wherever it may be. I'm not an expert on such matters, or even a scientist of any kind, but I find it more plausible (not that it makes it true, of course) that the universe was always this enormous sizzling brew of matter being flung and splattered and rearranged all over the place. Then came quantum physics and we got multiple universes and the possibility that matter is just another wave form. It gives me a headache imagining that. Some people are saying with quantum science we can further than we ever did before. I haven't heard anything of late that was definite, just (heh) possibilities. I chuckled at that since one of the theories is that for every possible reaction, another universe is made. Our observation chooses the reality. Please don't ask me to explain further. I'm not an expert in the field. I just read books that are over my head.
@xfahctor (14118)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
8 Nov 09
look around you, your in it. I think we have made some pretty decent conclusions on the basics of our origins, I can't get my head around the "big bang" (which actualy wasn't a bang, per se), the concept of a single point of infinately dense matter, where all forms of energy were one and mass was meaningless, to suddenly being billions of light years across (what we can see anyway) takes some serious thinking. I believe based on all we know it is what probably happened, it's just difficult to visualize.
@rickiely (257)
• Australia
8 Nov 09
One word. PHILOSOPHY. This drives human to the edge of desperation to find the truth, knowledge and wisdom of the creation and the reason for everything on Earth, and Earth itself. Many people believe in different theories, and some, in none. This is what caused the different cultures and religions we humans have created out of our theories of the creation of Earth. This question cannot be answered simply through a theory, for me, i need evidence, scientific evidence. I cannot believe in something where it is based on simply words. I wish you all the luck in finding the answer!
@coolcoder (2018)
• United States
8 Nov 09
The last time I checked, the universe was located in outer space. Seriously, because of my faith, I believe that it was God who brought about the "big bang" which formed the universe and its galaxies and stars and all of that. I don't believe it came about by pure chance.
@bird123 (10632)
• United States
8 Nov 09
Are we kind of feeling like ANTS??? Man does not have that knowledge yet just like man can not cure cancer yet. Quantum physics suggests many dimensions and possible universes. I'm afraid things are even bigger than most can imagine. Man will search and discover. There is more of everything that we don't know than we do. Good students that we are, we will all learn in time.
@yaashmin (42)
• India
8 Nov 09
Hi This is the question I ask myself most of the time... My opinion is from the sun by the huge bang burst out and the small pieces of planets where scattered out. In the way, the stars also by the big bang, bursted from the initial thing scattered as Sun. The bang and all these process where made by the GOD. These are all the play of GOD. After days passed he was so bored on bursting out stars and wanted to see bursting in small things.. So he created humans and bursted their hearts... Thats it.. These are all his plays.. Life is too short. So dont think of it. Be happy...Take Care.. Byeeeeeee.... Regards, yaashmin shiny