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Title: Is this evidence of a parallel universe? 'Cold Spot' in space suggests there are alternate worlds with their own versions of reality
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Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet ... e-prove-multiverse-theory.html
Published: May 17, 2017
Author: Harry Pettit
Post Date: 2017-05-17 09:53:55 by cranky
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In the desolate darkness of space it is difficult to imagine we are anything but alone in the cosmos. But imagine for a moment that we are not alone, but in fact one of an infinite number of parallel universes that contain infinite versions of ourselves. In one universe you might be president of the United States, while in another you could be made of gelatin. This is the theory of the 'multiverse', and a new study has found that a mysterious 'Cold Spot' in space could prove our universe is merely one of an everlasting string of realities. Scroll down for video A map of cosmic microwave background (CMB) sky produced by the Planck satellite. Red represents slightly warmer regions, and blue slightly cooler regions. The Cold Spot is shown in the inset and could help to prove the multiverse theory For years, scientists have been stumped by the Cold Spot, which measures around 1.8 billion light years across. Measurements of the universe's background radiation found this spot is colder than its surroundings by around 0.00015 degrees Celsius (0.00027 degrees Fahrenheit). Researchers had previously suggested that the spot was cooler simply because it contained as many as 10,000 galaxies less than other, comparable regions of space. But a new study has shown that this 'massive supervoid' could not possibly exist, meaning the Cold Spot cannot be explained by any 'missing' matter. This opens the origin of the Cold Spot to more peculiar explanations, with one being that it is proof of the 'multiverse'. 'We can't entirely rule out that the Spot is caused by an unlikely fluctuation explained by the standard model [of particle physics],' said study coauthor Professor Tom Shanks, an astronomer at Durham University. 'But if that isn't the answer, then there are more exotic explanations. 'Perhaps the most exciting of these is that the Cold Spot was caused by a collision between our universe and another bubble universe. 'If further, more detailed, analysis … proves this to be the case then the Cold Spot might be taken as the first evidence for the multiverse.' If true, the Cold Spot could reveal that our cosmos contains an infinite number of parallel universes containing an infinite number of realities. Measurements of the universe's background radiation found this spot is Colder than its surroundings by around 0.00015 degrees Celsius (0.00027 degrees Fahrenheit). Experts suggest the spot could be caused by our universe colliding with another 'These uncountable realms sit side by side in higher dimensions that our senses are incapable of perceiving directly,' astronomy expert Dr Stuart Clarke wrote in the Guardian. 'Each alternate universe carries its own different version of reality.' 'There will be one where you wrote this column and I read it... even a really weird one in which Donald Trump uses twitter to spread nothing but amusing cat videos.' The Cold Spot was produced when the universe formed more than 13 billion years ago. The Cold Spot was produced when the universe formed more than 13 billion years ago. It was first spotted by Nasa's WMAP satellite in 2004, a sighting that was later confirmed by the ESA's Planck mission in 2013 It was first spotted by Nasa's WMAP satellite in 2004, a sighting that was later confirmed by the ESA's Planck mission in 2013. Rather than the Cold Spot existing as a single, massive supervoid, the new study suggests galaxies in the spot cluster around smaller voids that spread over the region like bubbles. But these clusters of galaxies cannot explain the Cold Spot's lower temperature. In the desolate darkness of space it is difficult to imagine we are anything but alone in the cosmos. But imagine that we are not alone, but in fact one of an infinite number of parallel universes, containing an infinite number of versions of ourselves (artist's impression) In order to prove that the clusters are responsible for the anomalous Cold Spot, the researchers say a non-standard cosmological model is needed. 'But our data place powerful constraints on any attempt to do that,' said study lead author Ruari Mackenzie. The study's simulations show there is only a two per cent chance that the Cold Spot formed randomly, meaning - multiverse or not - there is plenty more research to be done on the mysterious region. The Cold Spot was produced when the universe formed more than 13 billion years ago. It was first spotted by Nasa's WMAP satellite in 2004, a sighting that was confirmed by the ESA's Planck mission in 2013. Measurements of the universe's background radiation found this spot is colder than its surroundings by around 0.00015 degrees Celsius (0.00027 degrees Fahrenheit). Experts suggest that the cooler area could be caused by our universe colliding with another. If true, this could provide evidence for the multiverse theory. For years, scientists have been stumped by the Cold Spot, which measures around 1.8 billion light years across. Measurements of the universe's background radiation found this spot is colder than its surroundings by around 0.00015 degrees Celsius (0.00027 degrees Fahrenheit). Researchers had previously suggested that the spot was cooler simply because it contained as many as 10,000 galaxies less than other, comparable regions of space. But a new study has shown that this 'massive supervoid' could not possibly exist, meaning the Cold Spot cannot be explained by any 'missing' matter. This opens the origin of the Cold Spot to more peculiar explanations, with one being that it is proof of the 'multiverse'. 'We can't entirely rule out that the Spot is caused by an unlikely fluctuation explained by the standard model [of particle physics],' said study coauthor Professor Tom Shanks, an astronomer at Durham University. 'But if that isn't the answer, then there are more exotic explanations.
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You don't have to go to space to prove that. All you have to do is go to the northeast or the left coast of America.
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