This is a fascinating article from New scientist magazine about the origins of the universe. It asks scientific questions that religious folks have been asking for millennia! Wondering what came before creation and how the universe came into being are questions that have been asked by our sages and rabbis as well. Even the Torah alludes to this in Genesis. Calling the universe before creation of the universe. “tofu vavohu” chaos and void. There is much to contemplate here.
The universe is definitely something from nothing. “Let there be light. And there was light”
Existence: Why is there a universe? – space – 26 July 2011 – New Scientist.