Multiple Choice
Why did Newton view the universe as infinite in extent?
A) It was based on purely religious/philosophical grounds.
B) Newton had some idea of the scale of the universe because of the lack of observable parallax for even the closest stars. So, he reasoned, with the huge number of faint stars he could see through his telescope, the universe must go on infinitely in all directions.
C) Newton believed the universe was expanding outward. If it were finite in extent, it would long ago have stopped and would have begun to collapse.
D) If the universe had an edge, there would be an imbalance of forces on objects near the edge and they would not be in equilibrium.
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