Something strange appears to be tugging a 'dark flow' of galaxies across the universe. is this evidence that parallel universes really exist?
SYDNEY: Astronomers have found the best evidence yet for the weird idea that our universe is one of many in the 'multiverse'. What's more, these parallel universes seem to be exerting a strange force on our own, causing galaxy clusters to stream across space towards the edge of the known universe.
The new evidence comes from studies of 'bumps and wiggles' in the temperature of the cosmic background radiation (CMB), the leftover afterglow of the Big Bang.
Dark flow
U.S. cosmologist Sasha Kashlinsky of the Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, and co-workers measured slight changes in the CMB using NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). Slight deviations in the general expansion of the universe reveal the speed and direction of clusters of galaxies.
Last year, Kashlinsky's team found an unusual pattern in the movements of galaxy clusters. Instead of expanding at a uniform rate, as predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity and theories of dark energy, clusters of galaxies stream in one particular direction and at greater than expected speeds. They called this weird phenomenon the 'dark flow'.
Now, new research from the team has confirmed and extended this flow to three billion light-years from Earth, about one-fifth of the way across the universe. The results have been submitted to The Astrophysical Journal.
Best evidence for the multiverse
The mystery is about what exactly is 'pulling' at the galaxy clusters to cause the flow, and this is where parallel universes come in.
Some theories of the beginning of the universe require multiple universes, which are mysteriously 'entangled', much like quantum particles at very small scales. The controversial theory suggests that although we can't see them, these parallel universes can exert a force on our own universe which provokes this 'dark flow'.
"If the flow extends all the way to the cosmological horizon, as our results likely suggest, then its origin likely is tied to the overall pre-inflationary structure of space-time [the first milliseconds of the Big Bang] and may point to the multiverse in one form or another," Kashlinsky said. "We are continuing the project and expect that our future measurements would answer this possibility much more definitively."
Growth of the "known" Universe
The growth of the "known" Universe is as common as the growth three year olds.
Cosmologists have ALWAYS underestimated the size of the Universe. This is the most obvious conclusion of any cursory study of the history of cosmology.
One forgets their history though.
Spouting science as if it demonstrates something ultimately definitive is much more fun and self-substantiating-of-our-egos than examining the history of scientific successes and -God forbid- scientific failures.
That is just a demonstration of our vainly proud human nature.
Our competence is extremely limited however. And we are here, -then gone- in almost a blink of an eye, -fools!
What a strange somewhat
What a strange somewhat incoherent comment left by Visitor on 25 November 2009 - 2:48am
What a normal somewhat
What a normal somewhat coherent comment submitted by Visitor on 26 November 2009 - 2:43am.
Not quite so strange somewhat
I think he means that the term 'Multiverse' is superfluous, as anything that was created when the universe came into being, including another universe, is then also part of the universe. It's just bigger than we thought.
Multiverse Theory examined
What if the theory of multiverse and dark flow is us viewing the edge of our own known universe; like looking at the earths horizon and seeing a curvature. Perhaps the universe curves away from us taking on some form of shape instead.
It is there!
It is there, but beyond our normal laws of physics
It is There
Of course we do know that billions of years of photons have been shooting out there, slowing up and compacting.
Weird data suggests something big beyond the edge of the univers
Interesting to note that the scientists, who allegedly created our humanity, have proven that within the sub-atomic structure of an atom, there are whole clouds of galaxies with planets and people every bit as advanced as we are. Likewise our galaxy is one of billions inside an enormous atom. As above so it is below. Sounds unbelievable at first but in the words of Sir Fred Hoyle "I don't see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible."
I might add this is on a level of science, which makes our level of science comparable to a man living 2000 years ago, compared with say an astrophysicist today.
So is it posssible that, if we could look at the edge of an atom under some sort of extremely high resolution we might see a replication of this weird phenomenon observed at the 'edge' of our universe?
Weird data suggests something big beyond the edge of the univers
Religion and Science are incompatible... ...deal with it.
interesting notes
I agree completely, visitor, thank you for telling everyone what's what. Scientists created humanity, OR SO THEY ALLEGEDLY CLAIM!!!11 Yet THEY has proved that with atoms, there are universes and within universus, there are ATOMS. ATOMS I TELL YOU. There are holes within apples, and there are apples within wholes. MERCY ME. So is it posssible, nay, possssssible, that if we could look at the edge of a quesadilla, we would see a taco so thin that even god hisself couldnt consume it. DO YOU REALIZE? THESE IS WIERD FENOMENONS YO!!!