I/W: 2025 Theory
The answer is infinite, and this post will explain why.
In simple terms, the universe is composed of two components. One is space, and the other is matter.
For the purpose of this post, matter is anything that isn’t space. In actuality, there’s far more to the category of “anything that isn’t space”, but this simple approach of the universe is two components will suffice to explain the answer.
The relationship between space and matter is that matter depends on space to exist, while space can exist without matter. In other words, if space doesn’t exist, matter can’t exist, but if matter doesn’t exist, space can still exist.
To answer the title question, another question will be asked: What can stop space? For space to be finite, something would have to end it, so answering this question will answer the title question.
The following example will be used to answer. If there is dense matter that surrounds an area of space, it can obstruct that part of space from space outside that dense matter. But it doesn’t make space finite because space continues where the dense matter ends. Let’s say there is infinite dense matter in space that obstructs space. This would mean space is infinite, as matter depends on space to exist. So matter can’t make space finite by obstructing it.
In reality, there is space between the ions in matter, in atoms. So, a limited or even infinite amount of dense matter doesn’t disconnect space from itself. The impression above that it does served to explain the point.
Nothing can stop space. Therefore, space is infinite, and because it’s a part of the universe, the universe is infinite.
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