Physicists Calculate Number of Parallel Universes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past few decades, the idea that our universe could be one of many alternate universes within a giant multiverse has grown from a sci-fi fantasy into a legitimate theoretical...
View ArticleAcross the multiverse: FSU physicist considers the big picture
(PhysOrg.com) -- Is there anybody out there? In Alejandro Jenkins' case, the question refers not to whether life exists elsewhere in the universe, but whether it exists in other universes outside of...
View ArticleLife beyond our universe: Physicists explore the possibility of life in...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether life exists elsewhere in our universe is a longstanding mystery. But for some scientists, there?s another interesting question: could there be life in a universe significantly...
View ArticleAn elegant multiverse? Professor Brian Greene considers the possibilities
You might think its hard to have a conversation with theoretical physicist Brian Greene. His research specialty is superstring theory, the hypothesis that everything in the universe is made up of...
View ArticleAstronomy without a telescope - bubblology
One model of a hypothetical multiverse has, perhaps appropriately, some similarity to a glass of beer. Imagine an eternal false vacuum thats a bit like a fluid, though not all that much like a fluid...
View ArticleFirst observational test of the 'multiverse'
The theory that our universe is contained inside a bubble, and that multiple alternative universes exist inside their own bubbles making up the 'multiverse' is, for the first time, being tested by...
View ArticleResearchers create metamaterial that looks similar to 3D Minkowski spacetimes
(Phys.org)—Researchers from the University of Maryland and Towson University have created a new type of metamaterial that they describe as looking similar to 3D Minkowski spacetimes. In their paper,...
View ArticleDid the universe evolve to make black holes?
(Phys.org) —The maths underpinning Darwin's theory of natural selection could explain how the universe may be 'designed' to make black holes.
View ArticleRethinking the universe: Groundbreaking theory proposed in 1997 suggests a...
Some top scientists are beginning to worry that a radical idea proposed in 1997 by three University of Delaware physicists may be right.
View ArticleMedieval bishop's theory resembles modern concept of multiple universes
A 13th century bishop's theory about the formation of the universe has intriguing parallels with the theory of multiple universes. This was uncovered by the the Ordered Universe project at Durham...
View ArticleIs the universe a bubble? Let's check
Perimeter Associate Faculty member Matthew Johnson and his colleagues are working to bring the multiverse hypothesis, which to some sounds like a fanciful tale, firmly into the realm of testable science.
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