Is Our Universe Just a Bubble in a Sea of Bubbles?
In the beginning there was a vacuum. The vacuum simmered with energy. Like water in a boiling pot, this energy began to evaporate and bubbles formed and expanded. Inevitably, some bubbles bumped into each other. Maybe the bubbles were rare and far apart. Maybe they were packed close together and resembled the foam that forms when an ocean wave breaks on the beach. But here's the thing -- each of these bubbles was a universe. In this story, our universe was just one bubble in a frothy sea of bubble universes. This is the model of the universe that researchers at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Ontario, Canada are piecing together.
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For a species that doesn't know what comprises dark energy or matter, this type of discussion is more science fiction than anything else.<br><br>Our understanding of the quantum level is in it's infancy and it will take a much better understanding to answer questions about what might be beyond our universe.
James:<br> I agree we are still in the infancy of understanding quantum reality, but to dismiss the multiverse as simply science fiction is hyperbole. There is reasonable cause (as the article points out) for suggesting the existence of a multiverse. <br><br>George
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