: all of space and everything in it including stars, planets, galaxies, etc.
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Because of this, early in the universe, space may have expanded so quickly that some regions were separated faster than light could have traveled between them.—
Micah Hanks,
Space.com,
23 Sep. 2026 No animals that might cause people to wonder, or to feel wonder, at their own place in the universe.—Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2026 First, Diaz turns his attention from the nature of society to the nature of the self and the universe.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2026 Bulk of the matter in the universe, 86 percent is dark matter.—
David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the universe