Imagine a finite universe. This view raises the questions: what exists beyond the edge of the universe? What does it even mean by the edge of the universe? Many physicists say that there is nothing beyond the edge of the universe, without comprehending what they mean by this. We propose a solution to this incomprehensible puzzle as follows. The universe is made of finite amount of matter contained in a finite spherical volume of space. What would happen to a spacecraft going to the edge of the universe for exploration? As the spacecraft goes far outside this sphere, it experiences that space gradually loses its property with increasing distance from matter. The permittivity and permeability of space continue to decrease with distance from matter. The electrostatic forces between and within atoms and molecules of the spacecraft gradually decrease, and eventually diminish to zero, at which point the atoms, molecules and elementary particles that make up the spacecraft and thereby the spacecraft eventually 'dissolve' and go out of existence. We propose this to be interpretation of the statement that there is nothing beyond the edge of the universe. No matter, no space exists outside the universe. We propose that matter and space have no independent existence.