Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.
Stephen Hawking
While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many... →
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Before 1915, space and time were thought of as a fixed arena in which events took place, but which was not affected by what happened in it. Space and... →
We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.
Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker.
Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.