Do we know the position of the center of the Universe?

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The universe is expanding uniformly, and there is no specific center from which this expansion originates. Observers in any part of the universe, including those 5 billion light years away from Earth, would perceive the same expansion pattern. The analogy of a balloon illustrates this concept, where any point on the surface can be considered a center, with expansion occurring uniformly in all directions. This higher-dimensional perspective reinforces that the universe lacks a singular focal point. Understanding this helps clarify the nature of cosmic expansion.
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We know that the universe is expanding,but do we know from which point it is expanding outwards?
 
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Please read the FAQ in the cosmology section along with several of the threads on this exact subject. The short answer is that there is no center. If you were 5 billion light years from Earth you would observe the universe expanding away from you exactly like we see it expanding for us here.
 
NOAM said:
We know that the universe is expanding,but do we know from which point it is expanding outwards?

Think of it as if you were on the surface of a balloon, where the only access is the surface, you can't access inwards to the center, so any place on the surface of the balloon can be thought of as the center, lines leading away will converge at the other side but that happens no matter where you are on the balloon.

So the universe is like that but on a higher dimensional reference. That's about as close an analogy as I can come up with.
 

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