Searching for Life in the Multiverse
[/caption] Other intelligent and technologically capable alien civilizations may exist in our Universe, but the problems with finding and communicating with them is that they are simply too far away...
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[/caption]If you’re a fan of science fiction or fantasy then chances are, at some point, you’ve read a book, seen a movie, or watched a series that explored the concept of multiple universes. The idea...
View ArticleGuest Post by Author Peter Shaver: Cosmic Time Scales
[/caption]Editor's note: Peter Shaver is the author of the new book "Cosmic Heritage – Evolution from the Big Bang to Conscious Life." Find out here how you can win a copy! The universe has gone...
View ArticleHow Big is the Universe?
The Universe is big, but how big is it? That all depends on whether the Universe is finite or infinite. Even the word "big" is tough to get clear. Are we talking about the size of the Universe we can...
View ArticleThe World is Not Enough: A New Theory of Parallel Universes is Proposed
Imagine if you were told that the world is simple and exactly as it seems, but that there is an infinite number of worlds just like ours. They share the same space and time, and interact with each...
View ArticleCosmologist Thinks a Strange Signal May Be Evidence of a Parallel Universe
In the beginning, there was chaos.Hot, dense, and packed with energetic particles, the early Universe was a turbulent, bustling place. It wasn't until about 300,000 years after the Big Bang that the...
View ArticleWhat’s Outside the Universe?
A few hundred episodes ago, I answered the question, “What is the Universe Expanding Into?” The gist of the answer is that the Universe as we understand it, isn’t really expanding into anything.If you...
View ArticleWhat Was Cosmic Inflation? The Quest to Understand the Earliest Universe
The Big Bang was a tremendous theory, but it had a few problems. In 1980 Alan Guth developed the revolutionary theory of cosmic inflation, and astronomers have been looking for evidence to this day....
View ArticleWhy Believing in the Multiverse Isn’t Madness
What is the multiverse? The idea that the universe we inhabit is just one of many parallel universes gets a superhero shout-out in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the latest movie based...
View ArticleWhy Serious Scientists Are Mesmerized by the Multiverse
The multiverse may be a cool (and convenient) concept for comic books and superhero movies, but why do scientists take it seriously? In a new book titled “The Allure of the Multiverse,” physicist Paul...
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