Aptly, the quest takes its name from the last letter of the Greek alphabet.
Omega is ultimate knowledge, fateful knowledge.
Undeniably, this is an audacious scientific pursuit. People still cannot predict next week's weather. To know where the universe is heading, humanity must be able to see billions and billions of years into the future. Like us, they happen to live at an epic time, a moment when technology has ripened. Like us, they are the inheritors of centuries of accumulated knowledge.