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Astronomy Cast Ep. 397: Why is There Something and Not Nothing?

One of the biggest, most basic questions you can ask is: “why is there something and not nothing?” The reality is that we don’t know the answer, we might never know the answer. Let’s probe to the edge of what we can explain, and what ideas cosmologists have proposed to explain how we all got here.


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Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast with Dr. Pamela Gay. Here's a link to my Mastodon account.

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