{"id":245947,"date":"2026-10-26T01:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/scientists-explain-if-the-universe-is-expanding-what-exactly-is-it-expanding-into"},"modified":"2026-10-26T01:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:06:15","slug":"scientists-explain-if-the-universe-is-expanding-what-exactly-is-it-expanding-into","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/scientists-explain-if-the-universe-is-expanding-what-exactly-is-it-expanding-into","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Explain: If the Universe Is Expanding, What Exactly Is It Expanding Into?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scientists believe that the universe is expanding, but this statement has created confusion among the public. Because if the universe is really expanding, then what exactly is it expanding into? If the space encompasses all that exists, and the definition of the universe is everything, how does its expansion even work?<\/p>\n<p>The simple answer is that the universe is not expanding into something external. Instead, it\u2019s expanding within itself, and it could only be understood through the fabric of space and time rules. That really does not explain much, right? So hold on for the ride because this explanation is going to be fun.<\/p>\n<p>YOU MAY LIKE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists believe that the universe is expanding, but this statement has created confusion among the public. Because if the universe is really expanding, then what exactly is it expanding into? If the space encompasses all that exists, and the definition of the universe is everything, how does its expansion even work? The simple answer is [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}