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The universe is shrouded in mystery. No matter how much science reveals about the universe, there always seems to be more to discover. Plus, as science and technology advances, our understanding of the universe will change.
It is possible that the answers to questions about the universe that are currently being questioned a lot can be revealed in the future. However, humans will certainly be filled with a deeper sense of curiosity that raises other questions.
What are the biggest mysteries in the universe that still raise questions today? Quoting the World Atlas, here are the biggest mysteries of the universe that still attract the curiosity of many people.
1. How was the Universe Created?
The theory about the creation of the universe that many people currently believe in is the Big Bang. However, no one knows how the universe came into being before the Big Bang theory was put forward.
The reason this question is still not answered is because the two theories that best describe our universe contradict each other. The two theories are general relativity and quantum mechanics.
General relativity says that the universe is at its largest scales, such as gravity and mass, whereas quantum mechanics describes the smallest aspects of our universe, such as atoms and subatomic particles.
2. Something Behind the Black Hole
A black hole is an object whose gravitational pull is so strong that not even light can escape past its point. Every black hole is surrounded by a region known as an event horizon, which is the boundary where the escape velocity of the black hole exceeds the speed of light.
Because light cannot escape the event horizon, no information can escape the black hole. This means that no matter how hard we try, there is no way of knowing what is happening outside the event horizon.
3. Life in Another World
Until recently, Earth was the only world we knew of that harbored life. However, is there life on planets out there that we don’t even know exists?
Even though a lot of advanced technology has been made to find out about the universe, it doesn’t make it easy to find information about life outside the Earth. The reason is, the universe is vast and cannot be reached entirely by humans.
4. Early Life
The beginnings of life as science looks to the fossil record and genetics to peer deep into Earth’s history and provide an accurate picture of how life has evolved over the past 3.8 billion years.
However, until now the question is related to ‘how did RNA and DNA, as the smallest parts of living things, exist?’ still can’t be answered. Thus, the beginning of life is still a mystery that has not been solved to this day.
5. The End of the Universe
The universe is currently 13.8 billion years old, so we can say that it is likely that this Earth will continue to exist for trillions upon trillions of years. But we also cannot rule out the possibility that the universe could just end.
The universe may experience the extinction of living things one day such as the belief of some religions about the coming of the end of the world. While there are many good theories about how the universe will end, scientists have too limited information to know for sure.
Those are the five mysteries of the universe that are still unsolved to this day. Do detikers have other questions about this universe?
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