Huge cosmological mystery could be solved by wormholes, new study argues

[Grim Reaper 6]

Microscopic wormholes may be driving the accelerated expansion of the universe, scientists say. These tiny wormholes are constantly being born from the vacuum of space due to subtle quantum effects.

If confirmed through experiments and observations, the wormholes could become a valuable source of information on quantum gravity — a theoretical unification of the fundamental forces of the universe, often considered to be the Holy Grail of theoretical physics..

https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/dark-energy/huge-cosmological-mystery-could-be-solved-by-wormholes-new-study-argues

[MrAnderson]

I don't know what is so funny @Ell

[MrAnderson]

7 hours ago, Grim Reaper 6 said:

Microscopic wormholes may be driving the accelerated expansion of the universe, scientists say. These tiny wormholes are constantly being born from the vacuum of space due to subtle quantum effects.

If confirmed through experiments and observations, the wormholes could become a valuable source of information on quantum gravity — a theoretical unification of the fundamental forces of the universe, often considered to be the Holy Grail of theoretical physics..

https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/dark-energy/huge-cosmological-mystery-could-be-solved-by-wormholes-new-study-argues

So far the consensus is that the accelerated expansion of the universe is due to the dark energy. If tiny wormholes exist then that will be very interesting because we have quantum effects and a mechanism for which the universe is expanding with acceleration. In this new paper the tiny subatomic wormholes are the actual candidates for dark energy.

Edited August 7 by MrAnderson

[Grim Reaper 6]

1 hour ago, MrAnderson said:

So far the consensus is that the accelerated expansion of the universe is due to the dark energy. If tiny wormholes exist then that will be very interesting because we have quantum effects and a mechanism for which the universe is expanding with acceleration. In this new paper the tiny subatomic wormholes are the actual candidates for dark energy.

It’s certainly an interesting hypothesis and it does account for the continued expansion and increased speed. The expansion acceleration should not be occurring according to General or Special relativity so this new hypothesis could certainly account for this acceleration. I suspect that these subatomic wormholes and dark matter are separate entities that work independently and yet contribute to and fuel the acceleration, but that is only a hypothesis nothing more. Anyway, this is a very interesting topic and I am going to watch this closely to see what is determined in the future.

[Grim Reaper 6]

3 hours ago, MrAnderson said:

I don't know what is so funny @Ell

EII, is just joking around he actually understands this subject very well.

[Waspie_Dwarf]

3 hours ago, Grim Reaper 6 said:

EII, is just joking around he actually understands this subject very well.

He thinks he does. In fact he thinks he knows better than real astronomers.

He has a habit of laughing at, or rejecting, theories and hypotheses he doesn't agree with whilst being totally unable to produce any evidence to back up his rejection. He seems to be unable distinguish evidence from his personal opinion and does not grasp that his opinion counts for pretty much nothing.

[MrAnderson]

31 minutes ago, Waspie_Dwarf said:

He thinks he does. In fact he thinks he knows better than real astronomers.

He has a habit of laughing at, or rejecting, theories and hypotheses he doesn't agree with whilst being totally unable to produce any evidence to back up his rejection. He seems to be unable distinguish evidence from his personal opinion and does not grasp that his opinion counts for pretty much nothing.

I am a theoretical physicist and I have seen a number of posters laughing at concepts they don't seem to understand at all or make sarcastic comments especially when it comes to space and planet exploration and extraterrestrial life. Their comments are usually motivated by their own worldviews and they seem to believe they know what they are talking about when in fact they don't, and that's  because they consider themselves to be skeptics.

Edited August 7 by MrAnderson

[Grim Reaper 6]

1 hour ago, MrAnderson said:

I am a theoretical physicist and I have seen a number of posters laughing at concepts they don't seem to understand at all or make sarcastic comments especially when it comes to space and planet exploration and extraterrestrial life. Their comments are usually motivated by their own worldviews and they seem to believe they know what they are talking about when in fact they don't, and that's  because they consider themselves to be skeptics.

What type of degree do you have in Theoretical Physics?

[MrAnderson]

1 hour ago, Grim Reaper 6 said:

What type of degree do you have in Theoretical Physics?

I have a double major maths/physics and a PhD in Theoretical Physics.

[MrAnderson]

7 hours ago, Grim Reaper 6 said:

It’s certainly an interesting hypothesis and it does account for the continued expansion and increased speed. The expansion acceleration should not be occurring according to General or Special relativity so this new hypothesis could certainly account for this acceleration. I suspect that these subatomic wormholes and dark matter are separate entities that work independently and yet contribute to and fuel the acceleration, but that is only a hypothesis nothing more. Anyway, this is a very interesting topic and I am going to watch this closely to see what is determined in the future.

The main candidate for dark energy is the cosmological constant denoted by lambda (greek letter). One thing to be noted that dark energy and dark matter have yet to be proven that they exist. There is good evidence for their existence but no proof yet. Some scientists have argued there is no dark energy or dark matter.

I was always wondering if there is dark matter then should we have the associated 'Higgs' mechanism and the corresponding 'Higgs' 'boson'. But again we don't know much about darm matter other than it doesn't interact with light and we can only 'see' it through its gravitational effects.

[Grim Reaper 6]

5 hours ago, MrAnderson said:

I have a double major maths/physics and a PhD in Theoretical Physics.

Thank you!

[Grim Reaper 6]

4 hours ago, MrAnderson said:

The main candidate for dark energy is the cosmological constant denoted by lambda (greek letter). One thing to be noted that dark energy and dark matter have yet to be proven that they exist. There is good evidence for their existence but no proof yet. Some scientists have argued there is no dark energy or dark matter.

I was always wondering if there is dark matter then should we have the associated 'Higgs' mechanism and the corresponding 'Higgs' 'boson'. But again we don't know much about darm matter other than it doesn't interact with light and we can only 'see' it through its gravitational effects.

Well, while I agree they have not fundamentally proven that dark matter exists, something is filling the space between galaxies and solar systems. In 2023, Astronomers used a principle that was first proposed by Albert Einsteins theory of General Relativity to map the distribution of dark matter and they succeeded in unprecedented detail. 

Dark matter 'clumps' found by tapping into Einstein's general relativity theory: https://www.space.com/dark-matter-clumps-seen-between-galaxies-with-a-little-help-from-einstein