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.
Gorgeous View of the Outer Universe…Thousands of Galaxies Shown
robszol over at digg.com says, “This is a picture is really a monumental achievement of humankind.”
The Universe is a Trillion Years Old
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