A parallel universe has always been a feature of a good sci-fi story. But, could we be in one?
Our universe is unimaginably big: hundreds of billions or trillions of stars. But is it all that’s out there? I highly doubt that. I love the thought that we might be living just one of an infinite number of possible lives.
When we hear the term ‘Parallel Universe’, we often cite the classic science fiction picture of a parallel universe, something that acts as a mirror. Here one day, in this universe, you didn’t manage to have the guts to confess to that boy but in the parallel universe, not only did ‘you’ ask him out but a decade later, he became your husband. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction novels and movies. Or am I the only one who gets excited over some theory without proof? What if the dreams we have are the actual life in the parallel universe? Why do I believe in a parallel universe or multiverse?
Maybe it is just a hunch or coincidence but have you ever walked down a street, which you know very well and noticed that a tree or a building is missing from the scenery that you would swear was there last time you walked there? Some of the parallel universes are so similar as to be practically identified. So, just a hunch but what if whenever the universe is overpalling, we cross over to another universe temporarily and then cross back without destroying their matrix? Some will be in another universe and they’ll think. “I’m sure that this and such had happened”.
And someone says, “Well no, that has never happened”. You are just making that up. Was I just hallucinating? But I could swear to God. It did happen. Well, it may lead us to the conclusion, that either they were in a different universe when that happened or you were the one in a different universe. If we speak of examples, many people claim to have been in a parallel universe. It can be true or just a made-up story to post online. But humans cannot enter them simply as it is all theoretical. If they are a reality, there is still no way we could be sure of there being an entryway into one of them. The universe is expanding faster than the speed of light at an accelerating late.
So, trying to enter a parallel world is impossible. Some have also theorized that entry into a black hole could be a portal into a different universe. However, there is simply no way we can test this as of now. The whole thing about the parallel universe could be just a theory and doesn’t exist in real but that is what makes the whole theory exciting and mysterious. Because every time I try to shut down the topic of multiverse in my head. The other question eventually pops up, “what if?”.
By: Sushmita Khadka (Science, C1)
