• Question: Where is the centre of the universe?

    Asked by anon-174272 to Alex, Carl, Hayley, Melanie, Tim, Yewande on 14 Jun 2018.
    • Photo: Yewande Oyekenu

      Yewande Oyekenu answered on 14 Jun 2018:

      The earth is spherical and for every sphere there is a diameter. I don`t believe that any country or region should be called the center of the earth.
      For instance if you hold a ball and cut it in half, then the middle of that ball is the center. Because the earth rotates, The time in which this division of the earth happens theoretically is the center of the earth at that time. So different times of the day will give different centers of the earth.

    • Photo: Carl Barford

      Carl Barford answered on 14 Jun 2018:

      The current model of an expanding universe means we can go in any direction and eventually get home; so just point and you are likely right.
      The centre of the galaxy is easier.

    • Photo: Alex Seeney

      Alex Seeney answered on 18 Jun 2018:

      There isn’t really a “centre” to our universe – the universe began with the big bang, and has been constantly expanding ever since. However, rather than expanding outwards (like ripples from a stone thrown into a pond), it is the same everywhere – the universe is not expanding from a single point outwards, but rather it is expanding equally in all places, as far as we know.

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