Throughout history, the concept of ‘heaven’ has been a subject of intense debate, often creating a divide between scientists and theologians. While art and culture have traditionally depicted heaven as a realm of clouds and angels, a scientist suggests that the truth might be quite different, and claims to have insight into its location.
Dr. Michael Guillen, a former Harvard lecturer with a PhD in physics, mathematics, and astronomy, explained his theory in an essay for Fox News, outlining the scientific basis for his idea.
Dr. Guillen began by discussing the expanding nature of our universe, where more distant objects move away at increasing speeds, an idea first introduced by Edwin Hubble.
“In 1929, American attorney-turned-amateur astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that galaxies are rushing away from one another like so much shrapnel from a bomb,” he wrote. “Hubble also discovered there’s a definite pattern to how galaxies are rushing away from each other, namely: The farther “up” in space a galaxy is located — the farther away it is from Earth — the faster it’s moving away from Earth and everything else.”
Building on Hubble’s findings, Dr. Guillen stated: “Theoretically, a galaxy that’s 273 billion trillion (273,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) miles away from Earth would move at 186,000 miles per second, which is the speed of light.”
He continued, “That distance, way “up” there in space, is called the Cosmic Horizon. That means you and I can never reach the Cosmic Horizon — not even aboard the most souped-up, nuclear-powered rocket imaginable — because, as Einstein explained in his theory of special relativity only light and certain other non-material phenomena can travel at the speed of light.”
Dr. Guillen believes the Cosmic Horizon could be where heaven exists, aligning with biblical descriptions of heaven.
“According to the Bible, the lowest level of heaven is Earth’s atmosphere. The mid-level heaven is outer space. The highest-level heaven is what we’re talking about: It’s where God dwells,” he noted.
The Bible frequently describes heaven as situated “up” above, with God looking “down” upon the Earth. Though humans cannot traverse the Cosmic Horizon, Dr. Guillen proposes that heaven might reside beyond it.
“According to modern cosmology, an entire universe exists beyond the Cosmic Horizon. But it’s permanently hidden from us because we can never reach, let alone cross over, the Cosmic Horizon,” explained Dr. Guillen.
“Our best astronomical observations — and Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity — indicate that time stops at the Cosmic Horizon. At that special distance, way “up” there in deep, deep, deep space, there is no past, present or future. There’s only timelessness.”
He further mentioned, “Unlike time, however, space does exist at and beyond the Cosmic Horizon. Which means the hidden universe beyond the Cosmic Horizon is habitable, albeit only by light and light-like entities.”
Dr. Guillen concluded that the Cosmic Horizon, home to the oldest celestial entities and pre-dating the Big Bang, aligns with biblical references to heaven. It is a place inaccessible to mortals, inhabited by timeless beings, and potentially the dwelling of the universe’s creator.