Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in which things happen.

The recent developments in cosmology strongly suggest that the universe may be the ultimate free lunch.

Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really a theory of a bang at all. It is really only a theory of the aftermath of a bang.

The question of the origin of the matter in the universe is no longer thought to be beyond the range of science - everything can be created from nothing. It is fair to say that the universe is the ultimate free lunch.

Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in which things happen.

It's actually safe to create a universe in your basement.

The Big Bang theory says nothing about what banged, why it banged, or what happened before it banged.