The universe is full of matter
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The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time publication. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to inform you about fascinating concepts from their nook of the universe. You can join Lost in Space-Time right here.
As an astrophysicist, I spend rather a lot of time interested by nothing. Literally. The query of why there may be “something” instead of “nothing” really retains me awake many nights – however I draw solace from understanding that thinkers have wrestled with this matter for maybe as lengthy…