The edge of the Universe is one of the greatest mysteries in modern science. What would happen if we could travel beyond it? Could we reach the farthest edges of space, or is there even an “edge” to ...

Imagine stepping aboard a spacecraft and setting a course directly away from Earth, accelerating continuously until you approach the speed of light. With an infinite lifespan and limitless endurance, ...

The universe is an astronomical mystery, one that humans are still trying to understand. What would happen if you somehow managed to reach its edges?

Nothing? Something resembling a vague fog? Where's the edge of our cosmic soap bubble? Well, our universe does have an edge -- that is, if by "our universe," you mean the observable universe.

The edge of that is the place beyond which light hasn’t had time to reach us since the beginning of the universe.

Have you ever asked “what is beyond the edge of the universe?” Have you ever asked “what is beyond the edge of the universe?” And have you ever been told that an infinite universe that has ...

The edge of the Universe, as it appears to us, is unique to our perspective; we can see back 13.8 billion years in time in all directions, a situation that depends on the spacetime location of the ...

At the edge, we see the leftover glow from the Big Bang — the so-called cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB). But this isn’t some magical edge of the universe. Our cosmos keeps going.

When you combine these effects together, you get a unique and unambiguous prediction for how far it is, at all times past and present, to the edge of the observable Universe.

Nothing? Something resembling a vague fog? Where's the edge of our cosmic soap bubble? Well, our universe does have an edge — that is, if by "our universe," you mean the observable universe.