The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth His handywork.
Day unto day uttereth speech,
and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psalm 19:1-2
"Ethan Siegel begins his new piece in BigThink, “The 9 biggest gaps in our understanding of cosmic history,” December 1, 2025, with a remarkable sentence:
"The answers to nature’s greatest riddles are written upon the Universe itself."
Readers may glide past this first sentence, but they should stop.jpg)
and reflect.
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That line is a confession, a creed, a secular rewrite of cosmogony, the modern creation myth.
It tells us (implicitly, of course, as such sentiment would never be explicitly tolerated) that the universe is not simply matter, energy, heat, and light.
It tells us (implicitly, of course, as such sentiment would never be explicitly tolerated) that the universe is not simply matter, energy, heat, and light.
It is a revelation.
It holds answers.
It carries meaning.
It speaks.
It is a text."
CEH