Renowned scientist Stephen Hawking wrote a study paper two weeks before he passed away, foretelling both the end of our universe and parallel universes.
In “A Smooth Exit from Eternal Inflation,” Hawking and co-author Thomas Hertog revealed their findings and described how spacecraft might be used by scientists to find other universes. Hertog claims that Hawking finished the work on his deathbed, leaving behind a body of work deserving of a Nobel Prize.
He ought to have earned the Nobel Prize; he has received numerous nominations. “He can never do it now,” he said to the Sunday Times.
To explain how the Earth exploded during the Big Bang, scientists James Hartle and Hawking devised the “no boundary theory.” In his opinion, several universes were created by the Big Bang phenomenon, which was accompanied by several “Big Bangs.”
While measuring the multiverse is thought to be difficult, Hawking’s most recent research looked at how these universes might be found with a probe carried by a spaceship. (Someone ought to inform Elon Musk.)
Hawking was inspired to write the paper, according to Hertog, by their shared desire to offer a “testable scientific framework” for the concept of the multiverse. The inflation theory is currently considered untestable. It states that the cosmos grew exponentially after the Big Bang and then continued to develop at a slower rate. However, Hawking’s last book offers a hypothesis that can be tested, which represents a dramatic change in the way the concept of the multiverse might be approached.
The prediction that Hawking made about the end of the universe, however, is arguably the most controversial aspect of his writing. According to Hawking, this universe will eventually go dark, much like a supernova that runs out of energy. The idea is disliked by certain cosmologists and has received mixed reviews from its peers.
Hawking continued to warn people about the impending end of the universe despite this. In a June lecture at the Starmus Festival, Hawking pleaded with the audience to find a way off Earth before it’s too late.
Hawking declared, “We are running out of space, and the only place we can go are other worlds.” “We should investigate other solar systems now. The only thing that could possibly save us from ourselves is spreading out.