We can easily pinpoint the center of a circle or the center of a cube. With the ability to mark the center of objects and places, you may often wonder, “Where is the center of our universe?” Unlike pinpointing the center of geometric shapes, there isn’t exactly a center of the universe to pinpoint. Let’s try to understand why there is no center of the universe.
Scientists explain the that universe began with a the Big Bang. During this cosmic event, space itself began to expand outward. While you might think that there is a single point where this expansion happened, the expansion of space actually happened everywhere. Everything moved and is moving away from everything else, instead of everything moving away from a single point or object in space.
Many scientists like to use a balloon as an example. Imagine that you draw lots of dots on a deflated balloon. The dots represent galaxies. Once you blow the balloon up, the dots begin to mover further and further away from each other. Now, if you asked one dot if they were the center of the universe, they would say yes. However, if you asked another dot, they would also say they are the center of the universe. However, we know that the dots are just small specks on the large balloon, and they are not the center.
The expansion of galaxies is not like an explosion, where you can trace the source of the explosion to once object or cause at the center. Instead, the universe expands everywhere, meaning every object will think other objects are moving away from it during expansion.
The real answer to this question is that there is no center of the universe. The universe does not expand from a single, fixed point, nor does it sit around a single point. Instead, it is more like a balloon that is being blown up bigger and bigger, which makes galaxies and objects constantly move further apart. Therefore, if you are searching for the center of the universe, then you will unfortunately not find it.