Quentin from Switzerland said if the universe had a closed spherical shape could one of the galaxies in the sky be the Milky Way in its past state? Interesting. In principle the answer is yes but you also need to consider how large the universe is to understand whether or not one would be our own galaxy that we're seeing in our sky. We don't see any evidence that that the observable universe in all the light we can see from starting close to the big bang with things like the cosmic microwave background. There are other closed geometries like Tori and different- I don't know what a Tori is. It's the pool of tourists dude. Yeah a tourist. That's it

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode