{"id":229605,"date":"2026-01-22T21:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/j-richard-gott-why-did-our-universe-begin"},"modified":"2026-01-22T21:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:04:23","slug":"j-richard-gott-why-did-our-universe-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/j-richard-gott-why-did-our-universe-begin","title":{"rendered":"J. Richard Gott \u2014 Why Did Our Universe Begin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/raTqAyLikLU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world\u2019s deepest questions without the need for paywalls: <a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/OnyRq\">https:\/\/shorturl.at\/OnyRq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That the universe began seems astonishing. What brought it about? What forces were involved? How did the laws of nature generate the vast expanse of billions of galaxies of billions of stars and planets in the structures that we see today? What new physics was involved? What more must we learn?<\/p>\n<p>Free access to Closer to Truth\u2019s library of 5,000 videos: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/376lkKN\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/376lkKN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch more interviews on how our universe began: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3qmbWPu\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3qmbWPu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>John Richard Gott III is a Professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University who is noted for his contributions to cosmology and general relativity.<\/p>\n<p>Register for free at <a href=\"http:\/\/CTT.com\">CTT.com<\/a> for subscriber-only exclusives: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2GXmFsP\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2GXmFsP<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/j-richard-gott-why-did-our-universe-begin\">Continue reading \u201cJ. Richard Gott \u2014 Why Did Our Universe Begin?\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world\u2019s deepest questions without the need for paywalls: https:\/\/shorturl.at\/OnyRq. That the universe began seems astonishing. What brought it about? What forces were involved? How did the laws of nature generate the vast expanse of billions of galaxies of billions of stars and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,219],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosmology","category-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}