Stephen Hawking’s final predication
Professor Stephen Hawking passed away just two weeks after submitting his final research paper, where he hinted that scientists could find another universe and predicted the end of the world.
The physicist remarkably completed the research from his deathbed, revealed co-author Professor Thomas Hertog.
His research paper shares the foundational maths to find experimental evidence for the existence of a “multiverse”, the theory that we are only one of many universes.
If the evidence had been found while Hawking was still alive, he might have finally received the Nobel prize that he missed out on.
“This was Stephen: to boldly go where Star Trek fears to tread,” said Hertog, professor of theoretical physics at KU Leuven University in Belgium.
“He has often been nominated for the Nobel and should have won it. Now he never can.”
The paper tackles an issue that has been on Hawking’s mind since 1983 when he and James Hartle first developed the “no boundary” theory.
In the pair’s “no boundary” theory, they described how the Earth was created during the Big Bang. The theory also predicted a multiverse, meaning other universes were created at the same time.
The paper also reveals Hawking’s final predication of how the world will end.
Hawking believed that our universe will one day fade into blackness as the stars run out of energy.
Hawking’s prediction about the end of the world is controversial among cosmologists including a friend of his, Professor Neil Turok.
Turok, who is the director of Canada’s Perimeter Institute, disagreed with his ideas and said, “I remain puzzled as to why he found this picture interesting.”
Other scientists are excited to see the potential of Hawking’s latest paper as it is the first theory that can be tested in experiments.
The paper, A Smooth Exist From Eternal Inflation, had its latest revisions approved 10 days before Hawking died.
According to The Sunday Times, the paper will be published by an unnamed “leading journal” after a review is complete.
Hertog also revealed that he met with Hawking in person to get final approval before submitting the paper.