Science is nowhere near explaining all of the mysteries of even our observable universe. The nature of our existence may never be understood through any vehicle other than our imagination and/or faith. To illustrate my point, anyone remember "The Incredible Shrinking Man" from the '50's? As the man shrank into seeming nonexistence he realized that the universe was still a wondrous place and that he would still have a part in it no matter how small he became. Sure, it was fiction born of imagination, but it poignantly addressed the feelings that most of us have regarding our seemingly insignificant existence when considered in the context of a possibly infinite universe. Why we try to understand it at all is as much a mystery as the cosmos itself. I think there is room for both science and religion in a universe such as ours.
While I'm waxing metaphysically, anyone consider that the notion of curved space might imply that the infinitely small becomes the infinitely large? What if those theoretical vibrating strings are actually universes or maybe just mere galaxies? And not just tiny galaxies but our galaxies including the one we call the Milky Way.
