Recent content by hmetkaya

Interesting replies, thank you all. The balloon-analogy helped deeply in getting a grasp of the thought how everything expands. Another thought has kept me awake for quite some time. Every planet has its own orbit, whereby every bundle of planets also have their own orbit (looking at the...

For me the next analogy comes in handy: If a table could've been given the possibility of speech, upon asking what it's creator is made of it would answer with terms it is familiar with. Wood, oak, brown/black, painted, 4-footed, etc. When trying to explain something which consists of flesh...

Dear all, I just read a great question on TED.com, however I think people over here could answer this question perhaps better. "If the universe is expanding - what is it expanding into? what is THAT space called and why isn't it part of the universe now?"