Jester4kicks writes:
Is there a "center" of the Universe?
Yes.
And "the centre" is each and every point.
That is, going back to the balloon analogy, think of a perfectly spherical balloon. And remember, the analogy is only
the surface of the balloon. So, where is "the centre"
of the surface of a perfectly spherical balloon?
Each point on the surface has equal claim to be called "the centre".
And No.
Because every point can be "the centre" of the universe, that means that no point is actually "the centre" of the universe. It means that the universe doesn't really have a unique place you can call "the centre."
Also, we do know that Earth is not at the centre of our solar system. We also know that our solar system is not at the centre of our galaxy.
So, even IF we could (somehow) claim that our galaxy was "the centre galaxy" of the universe... we're still not at the centre of that, so we're still not at the centre of the universe.
To expand on that, if space is finite, does it loop around on itself?
Yes.
In the same way that if you walk along the surface of the balloon, you loop around on yourself.
If we get in a ship and travel in one direction along our line of latitude to Tralfamadore... can we then continue travelling in same direction, along the same line of latitude, and get back to Earth?
My knowledge doesn't go this far. I would say:
As far as we can tell with the information we have so far, IF the theories we have are actually true... then yes.
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