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The Tesseract, also called the Cube, was a crystalline cube-shaped containment vessel for the Space Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones that predate the universe and possess unlimited energy. It was used by various ancient civilizations before coming into Asgardian hands, kept inside Odin's Vault.
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Each pair of non-parallel hyperplanes intersects to form 24 square faces. Three cubes and three squares intersect at each edge. There are four cubes, six squares, and four edges meeting at every vertex. All in all, a tesseract consists of 8 cubes, 24 squares, 32 edges, and 16 vertices.
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- Captain America: The First Avenger (1942) In 1942, Johann Schmitt (a.k.a. the Red Skull, played by Hugo Weaving) retrieved the Tesseract from Tønsberg. Schmitt was the leader of HYDRA, the scientific branch of the SS under the Nazi regime in Germany.
- Captain Marvel (1990s) Mar-Vell (Annette Bening), a Kree alien working undercover as a S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist on earth, harnesses the power of the Tesseract in order to create an engine that will let a ship travel at the speed of light.
- Thor. The Tesseract remains in S.H.I.E.L.D.’ s possession for decades. In an end-credits scene for Thor, Fury shows the Tesseract to Dr. Selvig (Stellan Skarsgård), a friend of Thor (Chris Hemsworth), and asks him to study it.
- The Avengers. Loki decides he wants to become supreme ruler of earth. He cuts a deal with a big, bad purple alien named Thanos: Thanos will lend Loki an Infinity Stone called the Mind Stone (which Loki wields in his scepter) so that Loki can retrieve the Tesseract (and Space Stone inside it) for Thanos.
Mar 14, 2019 · Legends of Norse mythology state that the Tesseract was once the jewel of Odin’s treasure room, but around 965 A.D., it was removed from Asgard and taken to Earth.
Mar 7, 2019 · The original Macguffin of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the Tesseract, which played a pivotal part in Captain America: The First Avenger, and Avengers. And now, a missing part of its history...
Mar 29, 2019 · Does its presence there really make sense, or did Marvel goof? How did S.H.I.E.L.D. get the Tesseract? How did Annette Bening’s Mar-Vell get the Tesseract for that
Aug 20, 2021 · The Tesseract, or Space Stone, has appeared throughout the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The ancient history of the Infinity Stones is something of a mystery, even after all this time.
