How big is the universe? Could it be infinitely large? If the universe has an edge, what is beyond the edge? And if the universe had a beginning, what was going on before that?
It’s big.
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How big is the universe? Could it be infinitely large? If the universe has an edge, what is beyond the edge? And if the universe had a beginning, what was going on before that?
It’s big.
robszol over at digg.com says, “This is a picture is really a monumental achievement of humankind.”
If the universe has bounced through a long series of big bangs and big crunches for a trillion years, it could solve the puzzle of why the cosmological constant is a googol smaller than that predicted by particle physics theories.
Or 6000.
Read more at New Scientist