In Einstein's day, the possibility that our universe could have turned out differently was a mind-bender that physicists might have bandied about long after the day's more serious research was done. But recently, the question has shifted from the outskirts of physics to the mainstream. And rather than merely imagining that our universe might have had different properties, proponents of three independent developments now suggest that there are other universes, separate from ours, most made from different kinds of particles and governed by different forces, populating an astoundingly vast cosmos.
MORE: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/20/brian-greene-welcome-to-the-multiverse.html
MORE: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/20/brian-greene-welcome-to-the-multiverse.html
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Best Time to Study the Cosmos Was More Than 13 Billion Years Ago
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120522180624.htm
Star Trek's "Scotty" finally launched into space
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57439689/star-treks-scotty-finally-launched-into-space/?tag=stack
