Retard here. So the observable universe (OU) is the pic within pic related, with my own shit added in. I want to ignore the speed of light, if possible, because obviously if we look towards the source of the BB, we'll look back in time.
My questions are as follows:
1) Are we at the edge of an expanding sphere? Or somewhere in the middle? Poorly attempted to draw with this the two red lines. The first red line would indicate we are near the edge. So if we take a telescope and look to the right, would we see less stars? Equally, when we look to the left, would we see more stars? The second red line is if we are somewhere in the middle, or whatever, and there is more universe (and OU) expanding to our right.
2) Someone once told me, many years ago, that the universe (not the OU) is actually an expanding sphere, upon which we are on the perimeter. That is, there is nothing between us and the Big Bang. We are following one part of this spherical ring, in one direction.
3) Another one I heard is that the universe (not the OU) is actually a flat ring, not a sphere.
4) With 2) and 3) in mind, whether a sphere or ring, is there only a universe (not OU) at the perimeter of the ring, or would we find stars littered all the way back to the Big Bang? I understand that when we look now, we look into the past and see lots of stars, but do we think there are stars there NOW?
5) What is near the Big Bang? Now. Is it empty, due to expansion? Or will there be stuff left behind. Possibly answered by question 4).
tl,dr I'm trying to figure out the scientific consensus on whether the universe (not OU) is a sphere or ring, whether galaxies only exist on the edge or whether there is stuff all the way back to the BB.
My questions are as follows:
1) Are we at the edge of an expanding sphere? Or somewhere in the middle? Poorly attempted to draw with this the two red lines. The first red line would indicate we are near the edge. So if we take a telescope and look to the right, would we see less stars? Equally, when we look to the left, would we see more stars? The second red line is if we are somewhere in the middle, or whatever, and there is more universe (and OU) expanding to our right.
2) Someone once told me, many years ago, that the universe (not the OU) is actually an expanding sphere, upon which we are on the perimeter. That is, there is nothing between us and the Big Bang. We are following one part of this spherical ring, in one direction.
3) Another one I heard is that the universe (not the OU) is actually a flat ring, not a sphere.
4) With 2) and 3) in mind, whether a sphere or ring, is there only a universe (not OU) at the perimeter of the ring, or would we find stars littered all the way back to the Big Bang? I understand that when we look now, we look into the past and see lots of stars, but do we think there are stars there NOW?
5) What is near the Big Bang? Now. Is it empty, due to expansion? Or will there be stuff left behind. Possibly answered by question 4).
tl,dr I'm trying to figure out the scientific consensus on whether the universe (not OU) is a sphere or ring, whether galaxies only exist on the edge or whether there is stuff all the way back to the BB.
