Morphing from Spacelessness to Space [Video]
A simple model of the phase transition that begat space.
George Musser

Could space as we know it be just one possible phase of the universe, able to undergo a transition to or from an entirely alien structure? This video animation shows how that might happen, according to a model known as quantum graphity, developed by theoretical physicists Tomasz Konopka, Fotini Markopoulou, Lee Smolin, and others. (The name is a pun: quantum graphity is an attempt to create a theory of quantum gravity. None of the creators of the theory I’ve talked to has been willing to take credit for the comedic effort.)



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