The Universe as we know it began with the Big Bang some 13.8 billion years ago. But that doesn't mean it isn't infinite.

I was reminded recently that we live in a Catch-22 Universe. What makes it a Catch-22 is that no one is qualified to penetrate the mystery of the cosmos without skill in advanced mathematics, and ...

The question "Is the universe infinite?" has puzzled scientists, philosophers, and astronomers for centuries. While we know that the universe is vast beyond our comprehension, the concept of whether ...

Is the universe really infinite? Astrophysicists explain. How we understand the wider cosmos from our tiny observable bubble of space. By Lauren Leffer. Published Apr 22, 2025 9:00 AM EDT.

The clash between the night sky and the infinite universe became known as Olber’s paradox, named after Heinrich Olber, an astronomer who popularized it in 1826.An early version of the modern ...

Professor Enrique Gaztanaga said that the current Big Bang theory was problematic as the laws of physics “broke down” when ...

The Hubble constant, a set number that connects a galaxy’s speed to its distance from Earth and tells us how fast the ...

One solution, dating back to Aristotle, is that there was no origin for motion in the universe — it has always existed. Newton, Einstein and others of their caliber believed the cosmos to be eternal ...

In reality, while a parallel universe may indeed loom beyond our own infinite world, scientists have yet to detect direct evidence of it. Instead, the two anomalies could indicate the discovery of ...