Is the universe infinite? It's one of the most profound questions we can ask, and here's the short answer: We don't know. While we have learned a great deal about the universe, a portion of the cosmos ...

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Cosmologists increasingly suggest that the universe may be flat — and if that’s true, it could also be infinite. In an infinite universe, anything with a non-zero probability may occur somewhere, ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) Is the universe really infinite? Or could it close back on itself like a sphere? If it’s infinite, how can it expand? And is it true that there might be copies of you in it?

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Recent research by a team of Australian psychology professors tested the impact that focusing on the enormity of the universe has on mental health, feeling connected to others, and empathy. Before I ...