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There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
—Douglas Adams (1952 – 2001), English humorist & science fiction novelist

In a conversation with Sputnik Observatory, theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains that perhaps universes are born all the time:

Quantum gravity gives us a new paradigm, and this paradigm is: that in the beginning was nirvana – hyperspace, emptiness. But hyperspace was unstable. Because of quantum fluctuations, bubbles began to form within nothingness. These bubbles began to expand very rapidly giving us the Big Bang. So, in other words, our universe is probably a quantum fluctuation in nothing. It’s a bubble, just like boiling water, with universes being born all the time. Which means that there perhaps are other universes out there, other bubble universes. We live on one bubble, there could be other bubble universes out there where perhaps life is possible.

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