Sorry for the rant. But it really is a bit insane to think about. In a time long past, there was a vast cosmic war. A weapon so final and terrifying -- a vacuu

Sorry for the rant. But it really is a bit insane to think about. In a time long past, there was a vast cosmic war. A weapon so final and terrifying -- a vacuum catastrophe weapon -- was unleashed, destroying the entire former universe in a colossal inflation of spacetime itself. In its wake, all there remains is a cooling, vast, empty, expanding void, so barren that life has almost no chance to begin and essentially zero chance to meet other life.