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| − | A '''universe''', also known as the '''cosmos''', is all [[matter]], [[energy]] and [[space]] regarded as a whole. The laws of the universe are governed by [[time]]. Our [[space-time continuum]] is filled with clusters of [[star]]s known as [[galaxy|galaxies]] which are grouped by [[gravity]]. |
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| + | :''You may be looking for the event [[Collapse of the universe]].'' |
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| + | The '''end of the universe''', '''where none have gone before''', and the '''outer rim''' were informal euphemisms used by [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} to describe an unknown area over one billion [[light year]]s away from the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. As of the late [[24th century]], it stood as the furthest location in the [[universe]] reached by the [[Federation]]. ({{TNG|Where No One Has Gone Before}}) [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Dexter Remmick]] called the location the '''edge of the universe'''. ({{TNG|Coming of Age}}) |
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| + | After leaving the [[Triangulum Galaxy]], which was itself reached due to a mistake on [[the Traveler]]'s part during a [[warp engine]] experiment, another mistake caused the vessel to not only leave Triangulum, but arrive one billion light years away from the Milky Way. In the unknown area, unidentified objects of huge size, resembling transparent cubes with bright glowing corners, sped past the ship in groups with seemingly random patterns, in a blue [[nebula|nebulous]] background. |
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| − | All the matter of our universe originated from the parallel [[Megan]] universe through [[creation point]]s. Creation points were the active portals between the two dimensional planes. In the Megan universe, [[magic]], the ability to control reality with thoughts, was part of the natural laws. ({{TAS|The Magicks of Megas-Tu}}) |
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| + | The [[Brain|thoughts]], [[imagination]] and [[Engram|memories]] of the crew began to manifest as subjective or shared reality. [[Yvette Picard|Jean-Luc Picard's mother]], who came to Picard in a vision, suggested they might in fact be in the universe's [[Big Bang|beginning]], rather than end. The Traveler however explained that "thought" was in fact the basis of all reality and the essence of the area where they were. A situation quickly recognized to be dangerous for anyone lacking sufficient intellectual control. ({{TNG|Where No One Has Gone Before}}) |
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| − | [[File:Big Bang.jpg|thumb|The [[Big Bang]]]] |
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| − | The universe was formed in the instantaneous expansion that scientists call the [[Big Bang]]. The Big Bang has been theorized to be caused by destabilizing [[Omega molecule]]s. ({{VOY|Death Wish|The Omega Directive}}) According to an engineer on board the {{USS|Voyager}}, the universe was [[Billions of years ago|sixteen billion years]] old. ({{VOY|Good Shepherd}}) |
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+ | {{bginfo|In the real world, some [[quasar]]s having been charted by the beginning of the 21st century at being anywhere between 780 million and 13 billion light years from [[Earth]].}} |
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| − | According to [[Jack (24th century)|Jack]], our universe will collapse in on itself some time between the next [[Far future|sixty to seventy trillion years]]. The universe contains too much matter to keep expanding. According to Jack, a massive spherical grid of [[subspace field]] generators could be used to manipulate subspace to reduce the mass of the universe and change the [[cosmological constant]]. This would avert the [[Collapse of the universe|collapse]]. ({{DS9|Chrysalis}}) |
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| − | Our universe contained several parallel [[time continuum]]s occupying the same space but in a different time. ({{TNG|Time's Arrow|Timescape}}) The [[Devidian]], for example, lived in a different time continuum, only a fraction of a second away, with a positive [[phase variance]] of 0.004 percent from the normal [[timeline]]. ({{TNG|Time's Arrow|Time's Arrow, Part II}}) |
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| − | Our universe is only one of several types of [[parallel universe]]s. A new universe can be shaped by a person's thoughts while inside a [[warp bubble]]. While [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Beverly Crusher|Crusher]] was caught in a shrinking [[warp bubble]] and asked the [[computer]] for the definition of the universe, it replied: "''The universe is a spheroid region seven hundred and five meters in diameter.''" A scan of the edge of that universe revealed it to be a mass energy field. ({{TNG|Remember Me}}) |
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| − | In [[2364]], the [[Traveller]] accidentally took the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} to a location over a billion light years from the [[Milky Way Galaxy]], where thoughts were the essence of reality. It was believed that the place was the [[End of the universe|outer rim of the universe]], where the universe ends. ({{TNG|Where No One Has Gone Before}}) |
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| − | ==Appendices== |
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| − | ===Related topics=== |
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| − | *[[Dimension]] |
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| − | *[[Parallel universe]] |
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| − | **[[Anti-matter universe]] |
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| − | **[[Exosia]] |
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| − | **[[Fifth dimension]] |
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| − | **[[Fluidic space]] |
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| − | **[[Galactic Cluster 3]] |
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| − | **[[Interfold layer]] |
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| − | **[[Mirror universe]] |
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| − | **[[Nexus]] |
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| − | **[[Q Continuum]] |
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| − | **[[Quantum universe]] |
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| − | **[[Subspace interphase pocket]] |
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| − | ***[[Protouniverse]] |
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| − | **[[Subspace pocket]] |
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| − | **[[Tertiary subspace manifold]] |
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| − | **[[Transwarp space]] |
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| − | **[[Alternate reality]] |
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| − | *[[Space]] |
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| − | *[[Space-time continuum]] |
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| − | *[[Subspace]] |
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| − | === Background information === |
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| − | Memory Alpha uses the terms "'''Prime timeline'''", "'''Prime reality'''", and "'''Prime universe'''" to describe the main or original timeline of events depicted in the various ''[[Star Trek]]'' episodes and movies prior to the {{y|2009}} movie {{film|11}}, where an [[alternate reality]] was created. The term "Prime" is derived from the film's credits, where the character played by [[Leonard Nimoy]] was disambiguated from [[Zachary Quinto]]'s Spock as "''Spock Prime''". [[Roberto Orci]] said about the alternate timeline that they "think of it is [sic] as identical to the original until Nero arrives." [http://trekmovie.com/2009/05/18/orci-kurtzman-to-answer-fan-questions-at-trekmovie-transcript-of-last-weeks-impromptu-qa/] |
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| − | === External links === |
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| − | * [http://trekmovie.com/2009/06/14/time/ Star Trek Timelines – An Official Graphic], a Trekmovie.com article describing the prime and alternate timelines created in the latest film. |
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| − | * {{wikipedia}} |
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Revision as of 21:57, 22 August 2012
The Enterprise-D at the distant place
- You may be looking for the event Collapse of the universe.
The end of the universe, where none have gone before, and the outer rim were informal euphemisms used by Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise-D to describe an unknown area over one billion light years away from the Milky Way Galaxy. As of the late 24th century, it stood as the furthest location in the universe reached by the Federation. (TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before") Lieutenant Commander Dexter Remmick called the location the edge of the universe. (TNG: "Coming of Age")
After leaving the Triangulum Galaxy, which was itself reached due to a mistake on the Traveler's part during a warp engine experiment, another mistake caused the vessel to not only leave Triangulum, but arrive one billion light years away from the Milky Way. In the unknown area, unidentified objects of huge size, resembling transparent cubes with bright glowing corners, sped past the ship in groups with seemingly random patterns, in a blue nebulous background.
The thoughts, imagination and memories of the crew began to manifest as subjective or shared reality. Jean-Luc Picard's mother, who came to Picard in a vision, suggested they might in fact be in the universe's beginning, rather than end. The Traveler however explained that "thought" was in fact the basis of all reality and the essence of the area where they were. A situation quickly recognized to be dangerous for anyone lacking sufficient intellectual control. (TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before")