Could parallel universes exist? If so, what would they look like and how would they form? Video by Greg Kestin; article by Charles Choi. Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content ...

Following web forums, web platforms and mobile apps, we are entering a new stage of social media — the multiverse era — where the virtual worlds of games expand to become mainstream hubs for social ...

The most controversial idea in physics has leapt from niche academic circles to Hollywood blockbusters — but physicists are still fighting about it. If you live on this planet — and you’re of a ...

The idea of a multiverse consisting of "parallel universes" is a popular science fiction trope, recently explored in the Oscar-winning movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once." However, it is within ...

Early in cosmic history, our universe may have bumped into another — a primordial clash that could have left traces in the Big Bang’s afterglow. Like many of her colleagues, Hiranya Peiris, a ...

In the past decade an extraordinary claim has captivated cosmologists: that the expanding universe we see around us is not the only one; that billions of other universes are out there, too. There is ...

If the Infinity Stones defined the first decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the “multiverse” may define the second. But as Marvel gears up for a new saga, the future of the multiverse is ...

With a science paper published after his death, Stephen Hawking has revived debate on a deeply divisive question for cosmologists: Is our Universe just one of many in an infinite, ever-expanding ...

Sabine Hossenfelder is a research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies in Germany. Her research focuses on general relativity and quantum gravity. She is author of the blog ...