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Science@beehaw.org · 6 months ago

“Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam”

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“Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam”

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Science@beehaw.org · 6 months ago

"Nothing" doesn't exist. Instead, there is "quantum foam"

Quantum physics shows that there is no such thing as "nothing." Even in a vacuum, particles can blink into and out of existence.

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Ah right. So, an alternative to dark energy and dark mass?
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  No no that’s a completely different phenomenon. This is the phenomenon involved in Hawking’s radiation and similar.

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