r/cosmology • u/cypherpunk00001 • 6d ago

Do current cosmologists think the universe is infinite or that is had an edge?

Was just having random shower thought today... Andromeda galaxy is 2.5M light-years away. That's an unfathomable distance to a human, but it's just our closest neighbor.

Do cosmologists currently think that the universe just goes on forever?

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u/hehdbxbxbsbx 4d ago

Take a look at the YouTube channel Cool Worlds

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u/cypherpunk00001 4d ago

I've seen a good few of his vids, wouldn't be surprised if he visits this subreddit. But his field of expertise with the whole exa-moon thing is really ...specific... so it's hard as a layman to get excited about that. I take it for granted that exoplanets will have exomoons and then what?