Join the Hyperthesis team as we welcome our special guest Alex Kayssi who will explore the beginnings of the universe as he talks about his research. Alex's research focuses on cosmology, and is studying how matter is distributed throughout the universe. Before delving deep into life, the universe, and everything, we discuss some technical details about reference frames and orders of magnitude. We wrap up the episode by exploring the oldest objects that we know about in the universe, causing us to rethink the actual age of the universe itself.