• Question: Why hello! Can anything be possible in space? I mean... there is black holes WHICH SHOULD NOT EXIST! And other IMPOSSIBLE stuff...

    Asked by professorofbadgers to Adam, Catherine, Karen, Leila, Nazim on 15 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Adam Stevens

      Adam Stevens answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      If the universe is infinitely big, then probability says that anything that is possible WITHIN the laws of physics must exist somewhere!

    • Photo: Leila Battison

      Leila Battison answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      It all depends on how you define ‘shouldn’t exist’. Maybe we just don’t understand yet how big and complicated the universe is. Even the laws of physics become a bit twisted and strange when you’re thinking about really huge things and really tiny things.

      Scientists just have to have an open mind about what is possible, and how they interpret what they see!

    • Photo: Karen Masters

      Karen Masters answered on 18 Mar 2012:

      We hold that the laws of physics have to work everywhere. So anything is possible that obeys the laws of physics.

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