It's something I can't wrap my head around....by "space" i'm referring to the darkness in which the planets, galaxies, etc occupy....I don't think we'll ever know just how far that goes....because it begs the question of what "space" is the darkness occupying...
Now as for the Universe expanding...it's been doing that for approximately 14 billion years (according to modern math) since the big bang ...but that refers to "matter" created after the "bang" not the blackness. But the blackness had to exist prior to the big bang...so the question is...where did that come from, how long has it been there, who put it there...and what "space" does that occupy?
It's something I think we're not even suppose to understand or is beyond human comprehension. I read the Grand Design by Stephan Hawking...and his premise basically boils down to the idea that it has always been there.
Good post.
Just to add... the earth isn’t sitting stationary in space, that’s common knowledge, right? We all know that the earth revolves around the sun. Well, the sun isn’t stationary either, it (along with the rest of the solar system ) revolves around the center of the Milky Way and is speeding along at approximately 140 miles PER SECOND.
Even at this speed it still takes the Sun approximately 200 MILLION YEARS to make one complete revolution around the Milky Way. That’s how fukkin big the Milky Way is, brehs.
Also, stop looking at the solar system like this model:
it’s useful as far as the planets relation to each other (and the sun) as far as distance is concerned, but I really like this model:
Which shows a nonstationary sun and planets moving thru space while simultaneously making their various revolutions around the sun
EDIT: I forgot to add that while the sun and solar system is moving thru the Milky Way, the Milky Way also moving thru space
:ohwow: