Life in other 'multiverses' may be common despite abundance of dark matter, suggest physicists

Nicholas Fearn
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Multiverse theorists claim that dark matter has only a 'modest impact' on the creation of stars, planets and life

Earth may be just one planet in an extensive 'multiverse' of life, claims new research published this week. The multiverse theory was developed to explain a discrepancy between the belief that t...

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