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What is a parallel universe? Does it really exist? well, the multiverse is a theory in which our universe is not the only one, but states that many universes exist parallel to each other. These distinct universes within the multiverse theory are called  parallel universes.  A variety of different theories lend themselves to a multiverse viewpoint. Not all physicists really believe that these universes exist. Even fewer believe that it would ever be possible to contact these parallel universes. The idea of Level 1 parallel universes basically says that space is so big that the rules of probability imply that surely, somewhere else out there, are other planets exactly like Earth. In fact, an infinite universe would have infinitely many planets, and on some of them, the events that play out would be virtually identical to those on our own Earth. We don’t see these other universes because our cosmic vision is limited by the speed of light — the ultimate speed limit. The li...

The Big bang

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What's th e Big Bang theory? In 1927, an astronomer named Georges Lemaître had a big idea. He said that a very long time ago, the universe started as just a single point. He said the universe stretched and expanded to get as big as it is now, and that it could keep on stretching. The universe is a very big place, and it’s been around for a very long time. Thinking about how it all started is hard to imagine. Just three years later, an astronomer named Edwin Hubble noticed that other galaxies were moving away from us. And that’s not all. The farthest galaxies were moving faster than the ones close to us. This meant that the universe was still expanding , just like Lemaître thought. If things were moving apart, it meant that long  ago, everything had been close together. Everything we can see in our universe today— stars, planets, comets, asteroids —they weren't t...