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Letter: Creating universes

Published 15 June 2002

From Marlies Vaz Nunes

Finally, we know how the big bang happened. It is explained in the piece about a way to widen wormholes (25 May, p 11). Apparently, you have to add negative energy, but there’s a catch: “Add too much negative energy … and the wormhole will briefly explode into a new universe that expands at the speed of light, much as… ours did immediately after the big bang.”

So apparently a scientist in another universe was experimenting with wormholes, added a touch too much negative energy, and kaboom! Our Universe came into existence. This also solves the decades-old argument about whether or not something existed before the big bang.

Barkelsby, Germany

Issue no. 2347 published 15 June 2002

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