Many physicists assume we must live in a multiverse – but their basic maths may be wrong: Dr Norbert Lange/Shutterstock One of the most startling scientific discoveries of recent decades is that physics appears to be fine-tuned for life. This means that for life to be possible, certain numbers in physics had to fall within …
The Flash review: Michael Keaton’s Batman is the real star of this DC multiverse mashup: Warning: the following article contains spoilers. The Flash is one of DC’s most versatile superheroes. First popularised in the 1940s, the speedster’s mantle has been worn by multiple characters in the comics – most famously Barry Allen and Wally West, …
Great Mysteries of Physics 3: is there a multiverse?: The light left over from the Big Bang, seen by the Planck satellite. ESA/ LFI & HFI Consortia, CC BY-SA Interest in the multiverse theory, suggesting that our universe is just one of many, spiked following the release of the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once. …
The multiverse: how we’re tackling the challenges facing the theory: Mike Workman/Shutterstock The idea of a multiverse consisting of “parallel universes” is a popular science fiction trope, recently explored in the Oscar-winning movie Everything Everywhere All At Once. However, it is within the realm of scientific possibility. It is important to state from the start …
The multiverse: our universe is suspiciously unlikely to exist – unless it is one of many: Do universes pop up as bubbles from a multiverse? arda savasciogullari/Shutterstock It’s easy to envisage other universes, governed by slightly different laws of physics, in which no intelligent life, nor indeed any kind of organised complex systems, could arise. …
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania – Marvel’s Multiverse Saga has changed the franchise’s stakes: A heavy burden rests on Ant-Man’s (Paul Rudd) diminutive shoulders: not only the fate of Earth-616, but perhaps the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) itself. Over the past 15 years, the MCU has redefined the Hollywood franchise blockbuster through …