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The universe appears to be fine-tuned for life to evolve.
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To find out what is beyond space, a good place to start would be to figure out where space – our universe – ends.
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From string theory to observations, the multiverse theory is far from safe.
The light left over from the Big Bang, seen by the Planck satellite.
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Some physicists believe we could one day find evidence of other universes.
Our universe is just right for structure such as galaxies, planets and life to form.
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It seems we are pretty lucky to have gravity that is just right for life.
Do universes pop up as bubbles from a multiverse?
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In the multiverse, a few universes should, statistically speaking, be life-friendly.
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Physics makes a lot of assumptions about time that may be getting in the way of understanding the fourth dimension.
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Some physicists think we live in a multiverse, surrounded by universes not quite like our own. What does that mean for life?
The poster for Quantumania.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniafinds itself charged with not only kick starting Marvel’s Phase 5, but also shaking the MCU’s audience out of their franchise fatigue.
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The multiverse has been the topic of multiple recent films, such as Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Everything Everywhere All At Once: but what does science know about the multiverse?
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Scientists have come up with a number of theories about the multiverse.
The evolution of the cosmos after the Big Bang.
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Some argue the Big Bang was a rebirth rather than a birth.
Could God travel faster than the speed of light?
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If God could break the laws of physics, why haven’t we seen any evidence of the laws ever being broken in the universe?
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A quantum experiment raises deeply philosophical questions about the fundamental nature of reality.
How unique is our universe?
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New research on parallel universes forces cosmologists to come to an uncomfortable conclusion.
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We may not live in an infinite ‘multiverse’ of parallel universes after all.
A change in the density of galaxies can’t explain a cold spot in the sky.
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The idea that we live in a ‘multiverse’ made up of an infinite number of parallel universes has long been considered a possibility.
The Andromeda Galaxy, just part of a finely tuned universe.
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A new book explores some of the big questions of why the universe exists and why it seems fine-tuned for life.
Like a cosmic roulette wheel, we exist because of a very lucky combination of factors.
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If some of the laws of physics were only infinitesimally different, we would simply not exist. It almost looks like the universe itself was built for life. But how can that be?
Scientists are searching for collisions between different ‘universe bubbles’ in the cosmic microwave background.
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The idea that our universe is just one in a ‘multiverse’ of parallel universes is increasingly gathering attention from cosmologists. But can we ever test the theory?