Interplanetary puzzle

If you explored the entire galaxy, you'd be hard-pressed to find a jigsaw as unique as the Infinite Galaxy Puzzle.

This delightful diversion not only features a gorgeous image of the Milky Way Galaxy, but it manages to encapsulate the vastness of space in an eight inch (amorphous) square format. Instead of basic borders, the puzzle is designed without edges so that it can be indefinitely tiled to emulate the infinite expanse of our Universe.

Infinite inversion

The Infinite Galaxy Puzzle gets its infinity (and difficulty!) by printing the same image on both sides of the 133 pieces. But the puzzle fits together not only on the obverse left to right and top to bottom but also on the reverse from right to left and bottom to top.

When you remove one piece from the left border and flip it, you can place it on the right border, and amazingly, it fits. This amazing engineering feat means you can endlessly re-tile the puzzle in any direction forever!

Flip pieces and continue the puzzle (forever!).

Edgeless exploration

How do you capture the enormity of the galaxy? If you're basic, you grab a picture from the Hubble and paste it onto a squared off jigsaw puzzle and call it a day. But the Infinite Galaxy Puzzle is anything but basic. The same principle that makes it possible to endlessly slip the edge of the image means there's no true finite end to the image and definitely no defined border to work your way inward from.

Thousands of possible permutations.

Plywood pieces

The Infinite Galaxy Puzzle is laser cut from birch plywood, not some flimsy cardboard, creating an ultra-durable set of pieces that perfectly fit together.

In addition to the unique branching peninsulas and inlets, three of the shapes in the set are styled with unique orbiting objects. In your endeavor to complete this puzzle, you'll discover the cut-outs of a space shuttle, a satellite with a solar array, and an astronaut on an EVA. Each of these silhouettes perfectly fits in with the amoeba-like puzzle pieces to create a seamless blanket of stars when completed.

Laser cut plywood with 3 special pieces.

Frequently Asked Questions

Question: How does it go on infinitely?

Answer: Inspired by the non-orientable surfaces of Klein bottles and Mobius strips, the puzzle is designed to be able to connect to the inverse of the opposite border, making it practically edgeless. In practice, the puzzle takes up approximately sixty-four square inches of area at any given time.

Question: Is it difficult?

Answer: To paraphrase JFK, we choose to solve the Infinite Galaxy Puzzle, not because it is easy, but because it is hard (and infinitely fun)!