OK. My idea of expanding into something is not right. I get that. I was wrong to suggest something out there existed.
But the idea of expanding away from an origin surely must be valid. I think that's what most amateurs conceive as a center.
OK, I may need to reset here.
In what way is our universe different than a firework that has exploded, we the sparks, and the original firework no longer in existence?
We have a singularity, conceptually, the origin of our universe. Is the term expansion invalid? That is, what did matter and...
Certainly we can say that a thing compressed will always be a smaller version of itself. But at a certain point, conceptually, is that the singularity from which the universe originated?
Conceptually it's easy to imagine infinitely small versions of a thing. Just as it's easy to consider an...
OK, perhaps you could share your understanding since your beginner perspective would help someone like me. Others here may join in, of course.
I have this image of a starting point expanding outwards in the form of the ballooning surface. At that moment a center ceases to exist and becomes a...