[SIZE=2][COLOR=#b35900][B]TurdBoy[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] ,
In response to your earlier insensitive insinuations, I was having some dark thoughts about whether the assumed and measured indefinite
"open universe
" expansion of the observable universe is based on only 5% of the matter in the universe.* This observable universe is bound to the laws of Newtonian physics at a micro-galactic level ... and not appreciably affected by the other 95% of unobservable matter.
The only way we can detect this 95% unobservable matter is by how it interacts/affects our observable universe. Scientists have deduced the existence of this unobservable mass/matter because that is the amount of mass needed to keep the Milky Way galaxy from flying apart and
not just the Milky Way but all other clearly-observed galaxies. The effects become even more apparent and easily detected as one extends their measurements to galactic cluster level and beyond.
So, what does all this mean?
We may live in a "closed universe" with a definite end. The 95% of unobservable matter is not bound to Newtonian physics and the
laws of physics applying to this unobservable matter may define a
"closed universe"
for all that matters.
* ... And in TurdBoys case, exactly 0% of the observable universe!