‘Cosmic inflation’: did the early cosmos balloon in size? A mirror universe going backwards in time may be a simpler explanation

Move over, multiverse – a mirror universe may be a more realistic explanation.

Neil Turok, Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics, University of Edinburgh • conversation
Oct. 24, 2024 • ~15 min

Theory of everything: how progress in physics depends on asking the right questions

Good questions guide good science, but that doesn’t mean we know where we’ll end up.

Peter Millington, Senior Research Fellow and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow in the Particle Theory Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester • conversation
May 15, 2023 • ~10 min

Great Mysteries of Physics 3: is there a multiverse?

Some physicists believe we could one day find evidence of other universes.

Miriam Frankel, Podcast host, The Conversation • conversation
March 22, 2023 • ~5 min

The multiverse: how we're tackling the challenges facing the theory

From string theory to observations, the multiverse theory is far from safe.

Eugene Lim, Professor in Theoretical Physics, King's College London • conversation
March 22, 2023 • ~8 min

New data tests 'theory of everything'

One of the biggest ideas in physics is the possibility that all known forces, particles, and interactions can be connected in one framework. String theory is arguably the best-known proposal for a 'theory of everything' that would tie together our understanding of the physical universe.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 19, 2020 • ~5 min

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