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{{Infobox
| title            = Dess
| image            = [[File:Mah.png|300px]]
| caption          = Diagram of a mah, one of the most prolific structures in the Dess
| label1           = Age
| data1            = Unknown, theorised to be around the same as the Cosmos
| label2           = Diameter
| data2            = Unknown, theorised to be at least 240575120x smaller than the Cosmos
| label5           = Average temperature
| data5            = {{val|4.884|ul=K}} ({{val|-268.3|ul=°C}}, {{val|-450.9|ul=°F}})
| label6           = Main contents
| data6            = [[Dessian physics|Dessian]] matter<br />Dark matter<br />Dark energy
| label7           = Shape
| data7            = Flat
}}
The '''Dess''' is the nearest universe to the [[Wikipedia:Universe|Cosmos]]. Being a universe, it contains its own space and time, and is [[Dessian physics|governed by its own rules]]. Nevertheless, it and the Cosmos can interact safely due to the [[NBS axiom|Neighbour Borrowing Sugar axiom]], which states that universes that are close enough to one another are better able to safely interact. Thanks to this, matter from the Dess can safely move into the Cosmos and vice versa, creating a small area of space around it which is governed by the other universe's physics.

Dess travel is convenient in that distances within the Dess are significantly shorter than within the Cosmos. A [[Wikipedia:Lightyear|lightyear]] traversed in the latter is approximately equal to 39 325,35 km (24435,64 mi) in the former. Because the two universes seem to be spatially linked, this makes faster-than-light travel in the Cosmos possible, if only by a technicality. 

== Discovery ==
The Dess was discovered in the overall Elmian year of 200800, marking year 0 of the Universal Eon.

During a study on black hole [[FC Sera|FN Sera]]{{ref label|FN|a|↑}} (as it was then called) near the [[Nausicaä|juleo-elmian system]], a probe meant to orbit it instead fell inside. The team investigating FN Sera originally thought it to be lost, quickly arranging to manufacture a replacement. Later that same day, technician [[Azarin Zana]] attempted to communicate with the probe again, "because the curiosity was eating them alive." Much to their surprise, it replied almost instantly, showing video feed of the universe beyond. The first ever image captured of the Dess was of a [[Mah]] located not too far away from the exit point of (the now renamed) FC Sera{{ref label|FC|b|↑}}.

== Structures ==
[[File:Noru.png|thumb|Cross-section of a noru.]]
[[File:Muo.png|thumb|The approximate size of a múo compared to a tree.]]
Not unlike the Cosmos, the [[Dessian physics|physics of the Dess]] allow for the formation of celestial bodies that populate its space.

=== Contacts and black holes ===
{{Main|Contact (celestial object)}}
Contacts allow for travel from and to the Dess, and they are one of the few objects shared with the Cosmos, another being black holes.

=== Mah ===
A [[mah]] is a gargantuan gaseous object appearing as a spinning double vortex. Its appearance varies depending on the elements found at its ''endwi'', the area directly surrounding the mah.

=== Noru ===
[[Noru]] are luminous masses of highly concentrated, boiling elements, especially molecular aranine (Ⱑ<sub>2</sub>) and molecular solanium (Ⱄ<sub>2</sub>). Within them, they create tetranorium (Ⱀ<sub>4</sub>), the process of which gives off large amounts of heat, giving them their brightness. Surrounding and orbiting them, noru have shells variously made of solid, liquid and gaseous materials.

=== Múo ===
Múo are spherical, pitch black structures barely the size of large trees. They are the remnants of dead noru that weren't dense enough to become black holes, but were dense enough to form highly unstable [[Dessian physics#Desmism|penta- and hexadesmic]] dessian elements, rendering them dangerous to organic life.

== Relation to the Cosmos ==
There exist several theories as to how the Dess and the Cosmos relate to one another. One such theory, the [[spatial superposition theory]], posits that the Cosmos and the Dess exist in the same space, and moving from and to one another requires moving along the [[Wikipedia:Four-dimensional space|fourth dimension]]. This would explain why time seems to flow at the exact same rate in both universes. It does not, however, take into account the differing [[Dessian physics|physics of the Dess]]. The more mainstream [[macro-universe theory]] posits that the Cosmos and the Dess are two separate regions of a larger space, called the macro-universe.

== Notes ==
<ol type="a">
<li>{{note label|FN|a|↑|FN &#61; "Foramen Nigrum," black hole, see [[usage of Latin]].}}</li>
<li>{{note label|FC|b|↑|FC &#61; "Foramen Conexum," contact.}}</li>
</ol>

[[Category:Astronomy]] [[Category:Dess]]