A groundbreaking theory may reconcile two massive explanations of how the universe works that have been at odds with one another.
Professor Jonathan Oppenheim and his team at University College London have proposed a theory reconciling the differences between quantum physics, which has been used to explain how the smallest particles in the universe work, and Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which explains how gravity affects spacetime. Quantum theory propounds that we do not know any particle’s position or velocity at the same time and we cannot know their position or velocity until they are measured. Quantum physics also contends that information is permanent; thus, when an object enters a black hole, the information it carries should be emitted back out. But general relativity argues that the information would be destroyed.
“Quantum theory and Einstein’s theory of…
