The Milky Way is not a universe; it is a galaxy.And, whatever do you mean with "vortex"? Perhaps you are referring to the gigantic black holes that appear in the center of many galaxies? In this...
1) Why we're here is answered differently by different people. So any answer I give will be biased and not agreed upon by the majority. 2) The universe is the sum of everything around us that has: a)...
Absolutely not.
Even the faithers will agree with me there, as they are frequently fond of quoting the 2nd law of thermodynamics, which states that everything must ultimately decay.
In other words,...
3, or perhaps more. It depends on the theory to which you ascribe. For example, recent research done at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) led to the creation of ekpyrotic theory....