From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!gdw Newsgroups: net.physics Title: Re: Re: is the whole Universe a black ho - (nf) Article-I.D.: harpo.1292 Posted: Tue Jan 4 09:17:57 1983 Received: Wed Jan 5 01:07:52 1983 #R:brunix:-117900:harpo:19300004:000:298 harpo!gdw Jan 4 09:12:00 1983 If the universe is a black hole, then wouldn't that imply that the universe could not expand beyond the Schwartshield (?) radius. Therefore the universe cannot expand forever and must be closed. However, there is currently a lot of debate over whether there is enough matter to stop the expansion.