By Stella Pollock, TIWP Student

“What is space?” seems to be the only question no search engine can fully and completely answer. Yes, articles written by esteemed scientists will pop up, enticing readers with titles like “your questions answered,” but by the end of the text, these experts admit that even their meticulous research can’t begin to scratch the surface of the mystery of the universe. 

As a singular person on a singular planet in a singular galaxy, it can be challenging to enter the reality that we are barely even a point on the timeline of space. Laying on the ground and looking up at the night sky seems to be the only way we can grasp this concept. The further away from light pollution one can get, the further this vessel into the vastness of space can take us. At one point, it was theorized that the universe was encapsulated in the Milky Way galaxy, but advancements in technology have proven that our galaxy is just one of hundreds of billions in the known universe. However, as portrayed in multiple films, our universe may not be the only one in existence but, instead, part of a network of billions of others. Whether this network is composed of congruent realities or just an entirely new composition of galaxies, our impact on this multiversal notion is infinitely limited. No matter how far into the future of technology AI can take us, this question may remain unanswered beyond the demise of mankind.