Universe
The universe, also known as the cosmos, is all matter, energy, and space regarded as a whole, filled with clusters of stars known as galaxies which are grouped by gravity. The laws of the universe are governed by time. It is an element of the multiverse and was referred to as the prime universe relative to others such as the mirror universe (which was prime from the  point of view). () In 2257, the  from the mirror universe referred to her deceased counterpart in the universe she had come to inhabit by saying "You have obviously confused me with my sentimental prime universe counterpart." ()

Another term for the universe was the positive matter universe or, simply, the positive universe. (; )

History 
All the matter of the universe originated from the parallel Megan universe through creation points. Creation points were the active portals between the two-dimensional planes. In the Megan universe, magic, the ability to control reality with thoughts, was part of the natural laws. ()

The universe was formed in the instantaneous expansion that scientists call the Big Bang. The Big Bang has been theorized to be caused by destabilizing Omega molecules. () According to an engineer on board the , the universe was sixteen billion years old. ()

According to , the universe will collapse in on itself sometime between the next sixty to seventy trillion years. The universe contains too much matter to keep expanding. According to Jack, a massive spherical grid of subspace field generators could be used to manipulate subspace to reduce the mass of the universe and change the cosmological constant. This would avert the collapse. ()

Deviations 
The universe contains several parallel time continuums occupying the same space but in a different time. () The Devidians, for example, lived in a different time continuum that was only a fraction of a second away but with a positive phase variance of 0.004 percent from normal time. ()

The universe is only one of several types of parallel universes. A new universe can be shaped by a person's thoughts while inside a warp bubble. While Dr. Crusher was caught in a shrinking warp bubble and asked the computer for the definition of the universe, it replied: "The universe is a spheroid region seven hundred and five meters in diameter." A scan of the edge of that universe revealed it to be a mass-energy field. ()

End of the universe 

In 2364, the Traveler inadvertently took the  to a location over one billion light years from the Milky Way Galaxy, where thoughts were the essence of reality. It was believed that the place was the outer rim of the universe, where the universe ends. An illusion of Yvette Gessard-Picard said it was actually the beginning of the universe and not the end. The Traveler said Humans would naturally have reached this area in the far distant future when they learned to control their thoughts. The thoughts, imagination and memories of the crew began to manifest as subjective or shared reality. In this unknown region, unidentified objects of huge size, resembling transparent cubes with bright glowing corners, sped past the ship in groups with seemingly random patterns, in a blue nebulous background. ()

Related to this event, the euphemisms "end of the universe", "where none has gone before", and the "outer rim" were informally used by Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Enterprise-D to describe this unknown area. As of the late 24th century, it stood as the furthest location in the universe reached by the Federation. () Lieutenant Commander Dexter Remmick called the location the "edge of the universe". ()

Related topics
 Dimension
 Parallel universe
Anti-matter universe
Exosia
Fifth dimension
Fluidic space
Galactic Cluster 3
Interfold layer
Nexus
Q Continuum
Quantum universe
Subspace interphase pocket
Protouniverse
Subspace pocket
Tertiary subspace manifold
Transwarp space
Alternate reality
 Space-time continuum
 Subspace

Appendices

Background information  
Memory Alpha uses the terms "prime timeline", "prime reality", and "prime universe" to describe the main or original timeline of events in the universe depicted in the various Star Trek episodes and movies prior to the  movie , in which an alternate reality was created. The term "prime" is derived from the film's credits, where the character played by Leonard Nimoy was disambiguated from Zachary Quinto's  as "Spock Prime". Roberto Orci said about the alternate timeline that they "think of it is [sic] as identical to the original until Nero arrives." 

"Prime universe" as a term made its in-universe debut in the  episode . The episode  established that every universe, including the Terran universe, is prime from the point of view of its inhabitants. The story also alluded to the alternate reality as another universe beings can pass from independent of time travel.

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