Scientists In Antarctica Didn't Find A 'Parallel Universe.' Here's What They Did Find

[Judi Lynn]

EDITORS' PICK| Jun 11, 2020,10:00 pm EDT

Jamie Carter Senior Contributor
Science



What is a parallel Universe? GETTY

The idea of a parallel Universe that runs alongside our own sure is alluring. What is a parallel Universe? It’s a place of alternate realities, where different choices are made and different outcomes persist. It’s part of the “multiverse” where an infinite number of parallel Universes exist in infinite space-time. That’s the theory.

Or is it just some ice?

A cacophony of articles on the possibility of the discovery of a parallel Universe were published last month in the wake of a New Scientist article that contained some “out there” claims about some scientific research in Antarctica.

Now a new research paper provides a much more down-to-earth explanation for the two recent strange events that occurred in Antarctica—it was compacted snow and, possibly, underground lakes, that caused some unexpected radio pulses to be misinterpreted.

First, let’s examine the event that caused the “panic” about a parallel Universe in the first place. In both 2016 and 2018, high-energy neutrinos appeared to come up out of the Earth of their own accord and head skyward.

More:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/06/11/scientists-in-antarctica-didnt-find-a-parallel-universe-heres-what-they-did-find/#1a0b1899523a

[The Magistrate]

1. Thank You, Ma'am --- That Is Such A Relief

Sometimes I wish the physicists and astro-physicists would just stop....

[PJMcK]

2. Why would you want Science to "just stop?"

Sorry, but if the search for knowledge hurts your head, don't try to learn new things.

That's kind of like being a Republican, wouldn't you think, sir?

[The Magistrate]

3. Not A Serious Policy Prescription, Sir

Merely the cri de coeur of a simple mouzhik who of course believes whatever the priest says, but wishes sometimes it did not become such an effort to do so. These are fields it simply has become impossible for a layman to keep abreast of casually. A breaking point for me was when someone in a lecture hall attempted to explain how the universe expanded in all directions at the same speed relative to any single point within it. My mind hasn't been quite the same since....

What refuge can there be but in humor?

[PJMcK]

4. That was a great run of foreign phrases, Sir!

"...the cri de coeur of a simple mouzhik..."

I didn't know the Russian word for peasant so thank you!

Having read your posts, however, I think you're being modest. Enjoy your weekend, Sir.