Study Says Parallel Universes Exist

The idea of parallel universes have long the subject of science fiction and comic book storylines, as well as some of the better episodes of Star Trek. Now some scientists believe there is some truth to the idea.

Parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists described by one expert as "one of the most important developments in the history of science". The parallel universe theory, first proposed in 1950 by the US physicist Hugh Everett, helps explain mysteries of quantum mechanics that have baffled scientists for decades, it is claimed. In Everett's "many worlds" universe, every time a new physical possibility is explored, the universe splits. Given a number of possible alternative outcomes, each one is played out - in its own universe. It is a bizarre idea which has been dismissed as fanciful by many experts. But the new research from Oxford shows that it offers a mathematical answer to quantum conundrums that cannot be dismissed lightly - and suggests that Dr Everett, who was a Phd student at Princeton University when he came up with the theory, was on the right track.

Do some additional reading on this subject and your head may explode. Quantum mechanics is not easily understood by many and there is no accepted unified theory explaining how it all works. Energy and matter at this subatomic level behave so differently that it is believed that the act of observing particles changes how they behave.
I'm just glad we live in Universe A.

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