Known Universe



Known Universe

A common phrase that surfaced into common use after the Bridge was completed and the first Andromeda Galaxy wde joined.

The terms worldwide, galaxy wide simply didn't fit the expanding Union space and any condition that was  could be known to someone within the Union.

The term often also includes a temporal meaning as it includes all knowledge past and present.

It is one of the most popular term among the Narth who are for many years now try to find a real definition as what the known universe would need to be to be truly known. The Bellebee think with time it would be possible to know everything that is contained  in a Universe.

The Dark One insisted its not so hard to know the Universe it is just not easy to keep them all appart.

The Encyclopedia Galactica 567th editon and the Dictionary of the Assembly defines the "Known Universe" as:

"The observable universe consists of the galaxies and other matter that can, in principle, be observed from Pluribus at the present time because light and other signals from these objects has had time to reach Pluribus since the beginning of the cosmological expansion."

Assuming the universe is isotropic, the distance to the edge of the observable universe is roughly the same in every direction. That is, the observable universe is a spherical volume  centered on the observer, regardless of the shape of the universe as a whole.

Every location in the universe has its own observable universe, which may or may not overlap with the one centered on Pluribus.

Several civilizations including the Tomradi firmly believe that Avondur is the planet at the center of the Universe.

The phrase is often used to describe something unique, yet with the Emphasis that the Universe is so big, it is probably not unique compared to the Universe as a whole.

Yet both the Dark One and the Narth Supreme insist that there are many truly unique things and conditions.