Stephen Hawking submitted a final scientific paper two weeks before he died — and it could lead to the discovery of a parallel universe
March 4 paper sets out a way of testing whether other universes are real and its mathematical theories could be tested with a deep-space probe
By Kieran Corcoran
Stephen Hawking submitted his final scientific paper just two weeks before he died, and it lays the theoretical groundwork for discovering a parallel universe.
Hawking, who passed away aged 76, was co-author to a mathematical paper which seeks proof of the “multiverse” theory, which posits the existence of many universes other than our own.
The paper, called “A Smooth Exit from Eternal Inflation”, had its latest revisions approved on March 4, ten days before Hawking’s death.
According to The Sunday Times newspaper, the paper is due to be published by an unnamed “leading journal” after a review is complete.
ArXiv.org, Cornell University website which tracks scientific papers before they are published, has a record of the paper including the March 2018 update.
According to The Sunday Times, the contents of the paper sets out the mathematics necessary for a deep-space probe to collect evidence which might prove that other universes exist.