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How is there no center to the universe?

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Is there no center, or do we just not know where it is? Or do we not know if there is a center?

When I say center I mean a region in space where a clustering algorithm would place the center of mass.

The usual answer to this usually involves something technical so let me put it a different way. If I travel far enough in a single direction, is there any point where I can only get farther away from all matter? As in there in the general vicinity of forward?

And since the universe is expanding faster than the speed of light, I recognize this would be impossible. But let's entertain the possibility of teleportation travel.

Closed as per community consensus as the post is popular science

asked Jun 22, 2015 in Closed Questions by kyzcreig (-10 points) [ no revision ]
retagged Oct 1, 2015 by dimension10

PhysicsOverflow is a site for graduate-level upward physics. This is a popular science question and better suited for PhysicsForums or Quora. Voting to close.

commented Jun 22, 2015 by Dilaton (6,240 points) [ no revision ]

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