-280 The universe does not go on forever, the darkness at night proves that the universe has a limit. The total light from all stars within a distance is proportional to the distance, therefore if the universe went on forever the night sky would be bright. amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Light waves from a star radiate and spread apart from each other as distance from said star increases. When the light waves are so spread apart, they are no longer able to be detected so therefore we cannot see stars from extremely far away. Therefore, we fail to conclude that the universe is not infinite.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Also: stars are billions of fucking inches away from each other.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Sun would know.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

light is inversely proportional to distance squared

by Anonymous 12 years ago

yea it sounds like he thought directly proportional

by Anonymous 12 years ago

which is terribly silly!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

NO EDGE!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If you are on a boat in the middle of the ocean on on sides of you you will see the ocean. Why? Because that's your horizon. But that does not mean that the entire world is the ocean. The ocean, much like the Universe, keeps going even if you can't see it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

*on all sides

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I didn't know so many people with degrees in astrophysics used amirite.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's pretty basic knowledge taught in any High School Astronomy class.. or AP Physics B for that matter.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

what I got from this: The presence of darkness in the sky means it doesn't go farther than that. Yes, but we have telescopes that go BEYOND UNSOLID DARKNESS.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Are you brain damaged?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No I am not. You shouldn't insult me, after all you're the one with social anxiety who fears meeting new people. Stop being so insecure about yourself and maybe you'll make friends someday.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That is irrelevant to being brain damaged, and the fact you think you're making a point makes me believe you're brain damaged.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Social anxiety =/= being insecure, another thing that makes me thing you're brain damaged.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think it's pretty clear that I am not brain damaged, I was just stating one of my theories in this post. Nice picture by the way, you don't look at all like the testicles of a polar bear.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh, but it's not ok for me to insult you? >.> Obviously my asking if you had brain damage was referring to how retarded-ly wrong this post is

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The universe is only around 14 billion years old, so we can only see the stars that are within 14 billion light years of earth. Also, dark energy is causing the universe to expand so quickly that light from the furthest stars will never make it back to us. If it weren't for dark energy though, the sky would eventually be completely bright.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I appreciate your effort. But no.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well thanks haha

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Lol, i didn't know kindergartners used Amirite

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Because from my picture i look like im in elementary school right? get off and go steal something

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Haha! Its annoying as hell when people jump on you for a post that was just an innocent personal view on the world. And I enjoyed the racism

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Your logic took a wrong turn there somewhere... The Universe is infinite, but it's also expanding, which also doesn't make much sense, but if you want it explained better go watch Hank Green's No Edge video on SciShow on YouTube. The only time the entire night sky would be bright would be if Olber's Paradox were to come into action. Since the universe is expanding in all directions, the galaxies of stars are traveling away from each other and taking their light with them. So if the universe were to suddenly stop expanding, the light wouldn't be moving away anymore so, theoretically, the entire night sky would just be solid light.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

*facepalm*

by Anonymous 12 years ago