The Fucking Multiverse Exists!
Oh shit, comic book and outer space nerds, get ready to jack off! Apparently the multiverse exists! Watch out for Earth 2^4’s Superman, he farts fire and ejaculates shotgun bullets. No, not really. And this probably isn’t hard science, or anything more than a theory, but kiss my ass, it’s fun to think about.
Via New Scientist:
The dark flow appears to have been caused shortly after the big bang by something no longer in the observable universe. It has no effect today because reaching across this horizon would involve travelling faster than light.One explanation for the flow would be the gravity of a huge concentration of matter, but this is very unlikely. Within the standard big bang picture, massive cosmic structures were “seeded” by random quantum fluctuations, so overall, matter should be spread evenly.There could be an exotic explanation. Laura Mersini-Houghton of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, thinks the flow is a sign of a neighbouring universe. If the tiny patch of vacuum that inflated to become our universe was quantum entangled with other pieces of vacuum – other universes – they could have exerted a force from beyond the present-day visible horizon (see “Nosey neighbours”).
It would be pretty great if this was true, it would make existence just a bit more intriguing. But it probably doesn’t. Who knows. Scientists, always throwing rocks at one another! Just pretend with me its true, and try to imagine an alternate version of yourself, in some Sliders type shit, where you secretly pine for your Mom, or you can fly because all humans have wings, or something equally gay.