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I think we deserve some concrete answers about Golarion's *universe*.Fair enough. I'll give it a shot, although some of these answers will be vague and/or subject to change if we think about it more and decide to go another route. SO! Here goes!
-Roughly how many galaxies does it have?Enough to encompass any ideas that we (as in us at Paizo, our writers, and all of our customers) come up with. There can be thousands of galaxies if we need them. The Material Plane is as big as our own universe, in other words. Earth's probably out there, for example (in a swath of space with low magic), as is any other campaign setting you want to stick in there.
-How close is the nearest star (not including Golarion's sun)?I'd guess somewhere between 4 and 5 light years. Which brings up a good point... for all things astronomical, if you guess a number that's relatively close to the analogous number in the real world... that number's pretty close for Golarion.
-What is the real nature of dark matter/dark energy, or is all the universe's gravity accounted for by other means?This one I'd like to keep mysterious, just as in the real world. That said... I'm pretty sure that the "Dark Tapestry" (the dark spaces between the stars) has some pretty crazy Lovecraftian elements to it.
-If dark matter is a material substance, can my Fighter dual-wield two bastard swords made out of it?Chances of dark matter being material and/or safe enough to handle by a person are remote at the best. I'd say the answer to this is no.
-Is "time" an artifical concept that depends entirely on perception, or is it a concrete, measureable variable? In the latter case, is it the 4th dimension? Is time cyclical? If it is cyclical, how would you explain a timestop spell?Again, I'd rather keep this one mysterious. If I had to nail it down, I...
Oo! you have a scary brain...
I suppose you could adventure to the red planet to slay a gargantuan dragonfly for its red wings and use them as Lightspeed sails to travel between stars. Meanwhile I'll have to settle for hitching rides with the scary people...
The Swarm Masters
Cintra Bristol woke to the screams and found herself tied down.
"What?" Her body was bound up in some web cocoon...
A scream came from right next to her and she struggled to turn her head to look.
A large Brain-worm was working on the twitching corpse of her faithful companion animal "The Jade".
Beyond "The Jade" were a hundred Villagers from Sandpoint; most dead and some about to be - the screams mixed with an unfamiliar screeching. They were trapped in the terrible web-hive that had descended on their community during the night.
A shadow loomed over her. It was a faceless creature. It held a Brain-worm which it placed on her head.
Cintra Bristol Screamed with terror.
DM Briefing: During the night, a flying Web-hive belonging to the Swarm Masters (Doppelgangers) descends on the sleepy village the PCs are spending the night in. The Doppelgangers supported by their assorted Parasite and insect Aberrations capture and devour the locals.