exploring the Deep corners of physics can dredge up some interesting and
often mind-blowing facts about our universe let's take a trip down to
the smallest scale of reality to reveal the mysterious and counter-intuitive
phenomena that govern the behavior of the tiniest building blocks of the universe
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one of the highest goals of science is to create a theory of everything that can describe every
aspect of the universe the Quest for this has led to the development of many different theories over
the years and in recent decades one theory that began development over five decades ago has been
Making Waves throughout the scientific Community ever since is a very possible Contender for the
coveted spot of The Theory of Everything String Theory at its core string theory is built upon
the idea that if we were to put matter under a powerful enough microscope we'd be able to
zoom in and see atoms then the nucleus composed of neutrons and protons which are themselves composed
of quarks a fundamental particle and if we were to zoom in further on this elementary particle
we would see a very almost unimaginably small vibrating string while this Theory hasn't been
proven many believe that it will be in the not too distant future but accepting this Theory
would mean accepting some mind-bending ideas that can seem almost fantastical
the theory says that every fundamental particle that makes up our reality is nothing more than
a small Loop of string vibrating at a specific frequency corresponding to specific particles
within the standard model of particle physics there are currently 17 particles and if String
Theory proves to be true each is made up of the same fundamental string just vibrating at a
different frequency or mode imagine everything we can see being built of a trillion tiny microscopic
strings vibrating in harmony together and giving rise to all of reality this Theory also takes into
account theoretical particles that have yet to be confirmed like the graviton which can
be easily explained using string theory along with some of the more difficult to understand
aspects of it like the fact that it only fits into theories if it's a massless particle and has yet
to be detected even by the most powerful particle accelerators in the world oh and did we mention
that these tiny strings vibrate in at least four different dimensions but just four dimensions
isn't nearly enough for string theory it turns out that the math and equations that build up
the theory of string theory will only work if we take the three dimensions of space and one
of time that we're familiar with and add another six dimensions on Top This World of 10 Dimensions
is quite hard to conceptualize partly due to the fact that we are three-dimensional beings with
three-dimensional brains what would these other dimensions even be like some theorists have tried
to answer that like the famous European scientist Colusa and Klein whose theory contends that the
Fifth Dimension is somewhat of a dimension of parallel universes containing nearly identical
realities with different variations present in them others believe that the higher dimensions are
twisted and compressed to extremely small sizes that can only be accessed by things the size of
fundamental strings some physicists even proposed an 11th Dimension that contains everything
and anything that is possible a dimension containing an infinite number of infinities
foreign one of the hardest ideas associated with the big bang to wrap your head around is the idea
that everything came out of nothing but string theory has an answer to this everything that
came into our universe during the Big Bang Came From Another Universe within the entire reality
existing within String Theory our universe and others can interact with each other leading to
some interesting results the combined forces of two universes interacting with each other
could have led those energies to give birth to our universe in an event that we call the big bang but
if the Big Bang didn't come from nothing and was kick-started by another dimensioner Universe what
kick-started those researchers working on string theory have explored many different paths that
are branching out from it one of these branches follows the possibility that the fundamental
strings are only two-dimensional Ops checks while holding the information necessary for three
dimensions this would make our universe nothing more than a flat plane of existence spreading out
in two Dimensions along an infinite Horizon that's projected into the three-dimensional reality that
we see and exist in if this is the case it may be good news for physicists as the equations
that describe string theory and other things such as quantum gravity become much simpler [Music]
black holes the gravitational Monsters of our universe that rip the very fabric of
space-time these behemoths are only understood to a certain extent scientists are fairly certain of
how they're created and their effects on their surroundings string theory has its own list of
features and properties that black holes could possibly possess when a black hole forms its
gravitational force literally forms a hole in space-time that some say aren't a whole at all
they're tunnels that lead to another universe or Dimension the wormholes that transport travelers
to other dimensions have been a part of Science Fiction for ages and now we may be close to
discovering them in our own Universe when matter collapses into a black hole the material that
falls into the singularity may eventually be released in another universe's Big Bang some
study this Theory go so far as to say that each and every black hole in our universe
may contain an entire universe of its own so could technology eventually allow us to
withstand the forces present in black holes and make a journey to the other side the existence
of Another Universe is just the tip of the iceberg of possibilities within String Theory one of those
being that the current state of the universe is just one point along an endless cycle that may
take billions if not trillions of years to repeat within String Theory there exists objects called
brains that aren't really objects and live on the level of the fundamental strings themselves
branes contain potential worlds that share at least one of the higher dimensions of space with
our world these brains contain all possibilities for each of their worlds and are in an infinite
cycle of creation and destruction in the shared Dimensions these branes can interact with each
other colliding and in some cases merging to create entirely new universes some theorists
even contend that collisions between these brains are what drive Nnew big bangs and new universes
coming into being so string theory is working to unite all of these theories of reality into
a single theory that can be used to describe everything that we see and experience within
our universe will it get there if you're hungry for more mind-blowing facts that
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