Impossible to answer?

[rushyrulz]

Just my 2 cents.

If the answer is NOTHING, the big bang theory is false. If there's nothing, it can't be expanded into, thus a highly concentrated "bead" of matter can't explode or stretch whatever you want to call it anywhere.

so since we've all been wtfbigbanging so far in this thread, lets turn to the oscillation theory which states that the universe is kind of 'breathing,' we're just on a really big inhale right now so we think that we're expanding forever. It could start shrinking any time now =D.

Another question I'd like to propose.. What would happen if we got to the edge of the universe? Do we knock on it and a bunch of space monkeys pop out and dance and say you won the game, or does your hand pop out on the other side of the universe?

Since I've pretty much said that there can't be nothing, alloyus's proposal isn't as frivolous as it seems. Nobody has gone to separate edges of the universe and thrown crap through the walls yet so we don't know the answer to this question. To put a visual in your mind, here's a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSb0PsNq9ao
skip forward to 16:20 through 16:40.

The example is inverse. The universe would be the inside and it would be like they were running out and ending up on the other side of the dome.

We don't know the answer because we've never been to the edge of the universe.