20 May 2025

Shower Thoughts: Does space end?

From Nights, 9:35 pm on 20 May 2025

Have you ever been stood in the shower, when suddenly the noise in your brain cleared and in its place, appeared the perfect yet most inconceivable thought? That's a shower thought.

Tonight: Does space go on forever? And if it does end, what's on the other side? 

Professor Jan Eldrige is the Interim Deputy Dean at University of Auckland's Science Faculty and they enlightened Emile Donovan on the vast expanse of space.

The M51 galaxy is called the Whirlpool due to its distinct spiral arms.

The M51 galaxy is called the Whirlpool due to its distinct spiral arms. Photo: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Adamo and the FEAST JWST team