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You're listening to episode 206 of Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World,

where we look at mysteries from the twin perspectives of faith and reason.

In this episode, we're talking about how we found the universe.

I'm Dom Bettenelli and joining me today is Jimmy Aiken.

Hey Jimmy! Howdy, Dom! Folks, throughout human history, people have wondered about the world around us.

How did it begin? How was it structured?

Are we living on a flat earth? Are we living on a ball?

Are we at the center of the universe? What are the planets?

How far away are the stars?

Well, we'll be talking about all these questions and more on this episode of Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World.

So Jimmy, why is today's episode titled How We Found the Universe?

And why did you want to do this mystery?

The title refers to how we found the structure of the universe, the way it's put together.

And I wanted to do the mystery because it's a really cool story.

The nature of the universe has been a mystery for virtually all of human existence

and it's only been recently that we've got answers.

And there are still mysteries left to find out. So this will be a foundational episode that will set us up for other mysteries in the future.

So then how will we be proceeding today?

We're going to start with the oldest view of the world so far as we can tell since it's a prehistoric one.

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