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Maybe the universe is one giant Misner space.
Maybe you’ve already been here before.
Maybe you just don’t remember the first time.
Maybe you’ve already been here before.
Maybe you just don’t remember the first time.
February 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Maybe the universe is one giant Misner space.
Maybe you’ve already been here before.
Maybe you just don’t remember the first time.
Maybe you’ve already been here before.
Maybe you just don’t remember the first time.
Einstein’s equations allow it. Reality? Maybe not.
But it raises a question:
What if space isn’t infinite?
What if you can walk forever and still come home?
What if time itself bends in ways we don’t understand?
But it raises a question:
What if space isn’t infinite?
What if you can walk forever and still come home?
What if time itself bends in ways we don’t understand?
February 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Einstein’s equations allow it. Reality? Maybe not.
But it raises a question:
What if space isn’t infinite?
What if you can walk forever and still come home?
What if time itself bends in ways we don’t understand?
But it raises a question:
What if space isn’t infinite?
What if you can walk forever and still come home?
What if time itself bends in ways we don’t understand?
The really weird part?
Misner space allows for time loops.
Move in the right way, and you could meet your past self.
Or even send a message back in time.
Misner space allows for time loops.
Move in the right way, and you could meet your past self.
Or even send a message back in time.
February 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The really weird part?
Misner space allows for time loops.
Move in the right way, and you could meet your past self.
Or even send a message back in time.
Misner space allows for time loops.
Move in the right way, and you could meet your past self.
Or even send a message back in time.
This isn’t just a fun maths trick.
Misner space appears in theories about black holes and the early universe.
Some physicists even think something like it could exist in real space.
And if it does? It changes everything.
Misner space appears in theories about black holes and the early universe.
Some physicists even think something like it could exist in real space.
And if it does? It changes everything.
February 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This isn’t just a fun maths trick.
Misner space appears in theories about black holes and the early universe.
Some physicists even think something like it could exist in real space.
And if it does? It changes everything.
Misner space appears in theories about black holes and the early universe.
Some physicists even think something like it could exist in real space.
And if it does? It changes everything.
Imagine an infinite chessboard. You stand on one square and walk forward.
If space was normal, you’d just keep going.
But in Misner space?
You’d take 10 steps forward… and suddenly, you’re back where you started.
Without ever turning around.
If space was normal, you’d just keep going.
But in Misner space?
You’d take 10 steps forward… and suddenly, you’re back where you started.
Without ever turning around.
February 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Imagine an infinite chessboard. You stand on one square and walk forward.
If space was normal, you’d just keep going.
But in Misner space?
You’d take 10 steps forward… and suddenly, you’re back where you started.
Without ever turning around.
If space was normal, you’d just keep going.
But in Misner space?
You’d take 10 steps forward… and suddenly, you’re back where you started.
Without ever turning around.
Charles Misner, a physicist, proposed this strange kind of space in 1967.
It’s not just a thought experiment. It’s part of general relativity.
And it does something weird:
It loops space back on itself - without edges, without boundaries.
It’s not just a thought experiment. It’s part of general relativity.
And it does something weird:
It loops space back on itself - without edges, without boundaries.
February 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Charles Misner, a physicist, proposed this strange kind of space in 1967.
It’s not just a thought experiment. It’s part of general relativity.
And it does something weird:
It loops space back on itself - without edges, without boundaries.
It’s not just a thought experiment. It’s part of general relativity.
And it does something weird:
It loops space back on itself - without edges, without boundaries.
A symbol of unheeded warnings.
Of disasters foretold, yet unstoppable.
Of something lurking in the shadows, watching as the world is about to change forever.
Of disasters foretold, yet unstoppable.
Of something lurking in the shadows, watching as the world is about to change forever.
February 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A symbol of unheeded warnings.
Of disasters foretold, yet unstoppable.
Of something lurking in the shadows, watching as the world is about to change forever.
Of disasters foretold, yet unstoppable.
Of something lurking in the shadows, watching as the world is about to change forever.
But that doesn’t explain everything.
Why did so many claim to see it before the explosion?
Why the red eyes?
Why the sense of overwhelming dread?
Why did so many claim to see it before the explosion?
Why the red eyes?
Why the sense of overwhelming dread?
February 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
But that doesn’t explain everything.
Why did so many claim to see it before the explosion?
Why the red eyes?
Why the sense of overwhelming dread?
Why did so many claim to see it before the explosion?
Why the red eyes?
Why the sense of overwhelming dread?
Skeptics argue it was just a misidentified black stork.
A large, dark-feathered bird, native to the area.
Eerie when glimpsed in low light.
A large, dark-feathered bird, native to the area.
Eerie when glimpsed in low light.
February 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Skeptics argue it was just a misidentified black stork.
A large, dark-feathered bird, native to the area.
Eerie when glimpsed in low light.
A large, dark-feathered bird, native to the area.
Eerie when glimpsed in low light.
Others say it was just mass hysteria.
A mix of stress, radiation exposure, and the mind playing tricks in the face of catastrophe.
A mix of stress, radiation exposure, and the mind playing tricks in the face of catastrophe.
February 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Others say it was just mass hysteria.
A mix of stress, radiation exposure, and the mind playing tricks in the face of catastrophe.
A mix of stress, radiation exposure, and the mind playing tricks in the face of catastrophe.
Some believe it was an omen.
A warning of impending disaster, like the Mothman before the Silver Bridge collapse in 1967.
A harbinger of doom, seen only by those about to die.
A warning of impending disaster, like the Mothman before the Silver Bridge collapse in 1967.
A harbinger of doom, seen only by those about to die.
February 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Some believe it was an omen.
A warning of impending disaster, like the Mothman before the Silver Bridge collapse in 1967.
A harbinger of doom, seen only by those about to die.
A warning of impending disaster, like the Mothman before the Silver Bridge collapse in 1967.
A harbinger of doom, seen only by those about to die.
After the explosion, the sightings stopped.
The legend of the Black Bird of Chernobyl was born.
But what was it?
The legend of the Black Bird of Chernobyl was born.
But what was it?
February 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
After the explosion, the sightings stopped.
The legend of the Black Bird of Chernobyl was born.
But what was it?
The legend of the Black Bird of Chernobyl was born.
But what was it?
A dark shape, lurking in the sky.
A presence felt but never fully seen.
And then…
April 26, 1986
Reactor 4 exploded.
A presence felt but never fully seen.
And then…
April 26, 1986
Reactor 4 exploded.
February 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
A dark shape, lurking in the sky.
A presence felt but never fully seen.
And then…
April 26, 1986
Reactor 4 exploded.
A presence felt but never fully seen.
And then…
April 26, 1986
Reactor 4 exploded.
We are just part of an endless cycle where the conditions that created us can also destroy us.
The deep sea doesn't just hold our past.
It holds our future.
The deep sea doesn't just hold our past.
It holds our future.
February 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We are just part of an endless cycle where the conditions that created us can also destroy us.
The deep sea doesn't just hold our past.
It holds our future.
The deep sea doesn't just hold our past.
It holds our future.
Life is fragile. Unimaginably so.
Just a chain of events that could be disrupted just as easily as it was set in motion.
The deep sea not only holds the origin of life but also its potential demise.
Just a chain of events that could be disrupted just as easily as it was set in motion.
The deep sea not only holds the origin of life but also its potential demise.
February 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Life is fragile. Unimaginably so.
Just a chain of events that could be disrupted just as easily as it was set in motion.
The deep sea not only holds the origin of life but also its potential demise.
Just a chain of events that could be disrupted just as easily as it was set in motion.
The deep sea not only holds the origin of life but also its potential demise.
Extremophiles, lifeforms that thrive in extreme environments, prove life can exist under the most unimaginable conditions.
In the deepest darkest recesses of our planet, chemical reactions are producing forms we can't even comprehend.
In the deepest darkest recesses of our planet, chemical reactions are producing forms we can't even comprehend.
February 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Extremophiles, lifeforms that thrive in extreme environments, prove life can exist under the most unimaginable conditions.
In the deepest darkest recesses of our planet, chemical reactions are producing forms we can't even comprehend.
In the deepest darkest recesses of our planet, chemical reactions are producing forms we can't even comprehend.
But there's a darker twist.
The conditions that allowed life to emerge are still here. And they're at work in the deepest most unreachable parts of our world.
Creating. Shaping. Forming.
The conditions that allowed life to emerge are still here. And they're at work in the deepest most unreachable parts of our world.
Creating. Shaping. Forming.
February 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
But there's a darker twist.
The conditions that allowed life to emerge are still here. And they're at work in the deepest most unreachable parts of our world.
Creating. Shaping. Forming.
The conditions that allowed life to emerge are still here. And they're at work in the deepest most unreachable parts of our world.
Creating. Shaping. Forming.
The same chemical reactions that created life on Earth can also break it down.
The delicate balance of energy in these environments is both the beginning and the end of life itself.
The delicate balance of energy in these environments is both the beginning and the end of life itself.
February 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The same chemical reactions that created life on Earth can also break it down.
The delicate balance of energy in these environments is both the beginning and the end of life itself.
The delicate balance of energy in these environments is both the beginning and the end of life itself.
These vents didn't just provide heat - they were factories for life.
With no sunlight or oxygen, life began with pure chemistry.
With no sunlight or oxygen, life began with pure chemistry.
February 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
These vents didn't just provide heat - they were factories for life.
With no sunlight or oxygen, life began with pure chemistry.
With no sunlight or oxygen, life began with pure chemistry.
In the hypothermal vents in the deep ocean, energy was not provided by the sun. It came from within the Earth.
Mineral-rich superheated water emerged from cracks in the ocean floor, creating the perfect conditions for life to begin.
Mineral-rich superheated water emerged from cracks in the ocean floor, creating the perfect conditions for life to begin.
February 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
In the hypothermal vents in the deep ocean, energy was not provided by the sun. It came from within the Earth.
Mineral-rich superheated water emerged from cracks in the ocean floor, creating the perfect conditions for life to begin.
Mineral-rich superheated water emerged from cracks in the ocean floor, creating the perfect conditions for life to begin.