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Default Re: OT - Physics Question on Anti-Matter

If one of the ants got into a drop of caffeine and started travelling in clear defiance of the speed limits imposed, it would go round and round... there is no edge.

And that's pretty much what we've probably got, in 3D.
As far as it is possible to see, in all directions... you have stuff, more stuff, older stuff, and eventually the microwave background.

Whether it is closed like a balloon shape, or flat or open (saddle-shaped), it is uniform in all directions to the edge of the visible universe. (7.999... cm on the balloon analogy)
So, no evidence for edges.

If it helps, you could think of a closed expanding universe as a game of asteroids... year by year, you keep increasing the resolution of the screen, but it is still a finite size (320x200 way back when, and 1280x1024 nowadays)... there are no edges to fall off of, since the left side is connected to the right side and the top to bottom.
Its not spherical, but rather doughnut shaped, but still finite with no edges, and a decent example.

Also, if your ship can only travel at 1 pixel per second, and you increase the screen rez fast enough, you won't be able to reach objects that happen to be too far away when you start.
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