Where is the centre of the universe and is there anything special about it?

Is the answer to the next question 42??

I basically want to know if scientists know where it is. I've been out of school for some time. :-)

"The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness"

-John Muir

Where is the centre of the universe and is there anything special about it?


Thats easy,

its the planet with the most wormholes :)

(no not Arakis)

im the center of my universe

The normal, serious answer, to this question is that there is no center of the universe.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/hubble/tools/center.html

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/centre.html

Scientists have placed were our solar system is in the Milky Way galaxie.

I would like to know where the Milky Way is in the universe.

So would I, but we're a long way off from Star Trek, I guess.

It's all relative...

I knew the answer to your question, but....
1-I forgot after a night of careless drinking.
2-I was kidnapped by the Daleks who promptly erased the knowledge from my feeble human mind

A worm hole is like a black hole because they both suck you in. :-)

A difficult question grasshopper...

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_10_111/ai_95357569

Our solar system is "out in the boondocks" as it sits on one of the outward spirals of the Milky Way Galaxy. Years ago Carl Sagan mentioned that a wall of gas would consume our system in about 10,000 years. I certainly hope humanity can get off this rock in time. Thumbs up for the space program!

The article, "Delusions of centrality...," pretty much sums it up: not much is known. Oh, well. I thought there was an definate answer out there---out there in someone's book or class room.

Thanks, Brian.

PS: 10,000 years doesn't seem that far away. :-(

im the center of my universe

Solipsism at it's "best"! :)

PS: 10,000 years doesn't seem that far away. :-(

Then let's get started TODAY!

There is no center of the universe acording to chaos theory.

However no two lines ever run parallel, which is indicative of the fact we will run into each other at some point in time. Guess you gotta behave yourself wherever you go in this universe.

The universe is expanding according to scientists that know everyting about all things, and believe what the believe is true.

Of course this leads to the thought that there is no finite, which mathimaticians have be hashing about for hundreds of years.

I need another glass of wine.

good night

Holsten Festbock is good.

I know this one: make a circle large enough and it will look as straight as a line.

Holsten Festbock is good.

I know this one: make a circle large enough and it will look as straight as a line.

Yes and as I walk down the FLAT street where I live, I'm actually walking SIDEWAYS in relation to the earth!

YOU are the center of your universe.

If the universe is still expanding, does this mean we are also expanding? If so, that would explain the increased GAS.

If the universe is still expanding, does this mean we are also expanding? If so, that would explain the increased GAS.


Quick, pull my finger!

If the universe is still expanding, does this mean we are also expanding? If so, that would explain the increased GAS.


interestingly, if we are in the pull of a black hole, and there is no way of knowing for sure apart from the one at the centre of the milky way, then the universe around us would appear to be expanding


anyways much of what is observed in the night sky - ain't there anymore :) which includes the supernovae which are used to determine that the universe is expanding in the first place

Just give me 10,000 years to get my head around this concept...there are no edges to the universe either!

Michael Knight

Consider that as we begin to fall into a black hole, time begins to slow down. At some point near infinity, time stops. Therefore, who cares where the center of the Universe is, we'll never get there.

I recently saw an artists rendition depicting science's theory of many big bangs. Imagine blowing bubbles and all the bubbles are an "expanding universe" just like ours with hundreds of trillions of light years distance between each.

from your position, you would observe galaxies moving away from you in all directions, speed according to their red shift, so for you, your position is the center of the universe. any other position would also be the center for that observer, because they would see exactly the same thing.

Yep! An infinite object has no centre.

I am not saying the universe is infinite in scale, but if it is it has no centre - and if the universe is not infinite in scale (but finite and unbounded) then it still has no centre.