A study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics challenges the widely held view that the universe is full of a mysterious substance called dark energy that is driving its expansion. 24 Channels. Instead, the researchers propose that the expansion of the universe may occur through the continued absorption of other universes.

Details of the study

Scientists have developed a mathematical model to investigate the hypothetical impact of these theoretical processes on the evolution of our universe. Their calculations showed that mergers with other universes should increase the volume of our own universe, and that our instruments can record these processes as the universe expands.

Researchers also calculated the expansion rate of our universe using their theory. They claim that their calculations match observations more closely than the traditional Standard Cosmological Model.

The authors’ theory also solves the problem of cosmological inflation; that is, the mysterious ultra-rapid expansion that occurred in the first moments of the universe’s existence. Physicists had previously hypothesized what caused this expansion. “swelling” A hypothetical field that controlled extremely rapid expansion in the first milliseconds after the Big Bang.

Our universe was once swallowed too… maybe

In a new study, the authors suggest that extremely rapid early expansion may have resulted from our young universe being absorbed by the larger universe.

Following this absorption, our newly expanded universe continued to collide with and absorb other “child universes.”

The late expansion of our Universe differs from standard cosmological predictions, and we believe that observations from the Euclid Telescope and the James Webb Telescope will help determine which model best describes the modern expansion of our Universe.
Physicist Yoshiyuki Watabiki of the Tokyo Institute of Technology told Live Science in an interview.

Although the authors’ theory allows solving some important problems of modern cosmology, only observational data can confirm their hypotheses. Currently, many experiments are being conducted to study the properties of the microwave background, so scientists Maybewill be able to answer these basic questions in the future.