The universe could undergo a 'catastrophic change' that could alter absolutely everything, quantum machine shows

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The universe could undergo a catastrophe that would change absolutely everything, scientists have shown using a quantum machine. “We're talking about a process by which the universe would completely change its structure,” said Zlatko Papic, from the University of Leeds, the lead author on the new paper, in a statement. What we really need are controlled experiments to observe this process and determine its time scales.” Scientists used a particular kind of quantum machine to simulate how bubbles behave in a false vacuum. “If that is indeed the case, quantum mechanics would allow the Universe to eventually tunnel to the lowest energy state or the ‘true’ vacuum and that process would result in a cataclysmic global event.”