Embarrassed_Fox97 t1_jedw8jm wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:03 AM Reply to comment by Pegajace in ELi5 If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? by cashmoneyhash I think people are thinking of the laymen meaning of space, as in outer space as a thing that exists in juxtaposition to not space. Wait, so “space” is infinite and things (matter and energy) are simply expanding further into it/further away from each other? Permalink Parent 1
Embarrassed_Fox97 t1_jedw8jm wrote
Reply to comment by Pegajace in ELi5 If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? by cashmoneyhash
I think people are thinking of the laymen meaning of space, as in outer space as a thing that exists in juxtaposition to not space.
Wait, so “space” is infinite and things (matter and energy) are simply expanding further into it/further away from each other?