Two friends, sitting in a café, are sipping coffee. Their chat turns into a thought-provoking, deep discussion about the universe.

It was a Sunday. Evening Time. Two friends, Rajesh and Aniket, were sitting in their favourite Café. They were sipping their latte and were involved in a casual discussion.

Rajesh: Well, I have one question in my mind. I haven’t got the satisfactory answer for it till now. This question has been irritating me for years.

Aniket: What is the question? May I know?

Rajesh: It’s kind of philosophical.

Aniket: Please tell. Maybe I can help.

Rajesh: We, all humans, live on Earth. Our Earth is in the Solar System, orbiting our yellow Sun.

Aniket: Go on.

Rajesh: Our solar system is in a massive galaxy called the Milky Way. There are at least 2 trillion (2,000,000,000,000) galaxies, according to experts. Each galaxy has millions of stars.

Aniket: Wow! That’s a massive number.

Rajesh: And all these galaxies are in space, in an empty void. Together, all this forms our universe. My question is WHERE IS ALL THIS SPACE/VOID LOCATED? What is the location of our universe?

Aniket: Interesting question. Maybe we are inside something? A giant box on a cosmic scale, perhaps. Maybe we are like very minuscule bacteria or particles for something or someone?

Rajesh: Then who or what made that box? What is outside the box? And if this box exists in a world, where is that world located? Who or what is the creator?

Aniket: I don’t know. My brain can’t find an answer to this. Let’s sip coffee. I think you should ask this question to Space experts or spiritual people.

Rajesh: I think you are right.

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