It hasn’t been an easy decision. To be precise, I have been contemplating on how to introduce my self for over 10 years now. What would you do if you were in my position? No one is going to believe me. Best case scenario, I’ll be institutionalized, so the reason for staying anonymous is rather self-explanatory. And so without further ado, here is the headline you were waiting for: No, you are not alone in the universe and you have an alien in your midst. How did I end up on this beautiful planet? A fair question that shall remain unanswered for the time being. This is because no matter what I will tell you, you won’t believe me. And shouldn’t, as long as I don’t provide concrete evidence for my tale. This will be hard to be honest because the reasons for my presence here are a combination of misfortunes. It was not planned, nor was it suspected possible. For the time being, it is sufficient to label these misfortunes as an experiment gone very wrong. You are probably raising your eyebrows and wondering how can I say it’s sufficient, just remember that whatever the story is, you won’t believe it and the series of events that lead me here are no different. So, you don’t believe me and that is a good thing because this story is aimed for open-minded people, science lovers and astrophysicists in particular. Well, at least this post is.

This is where it gets interesting (or at least I hope it does). I spent many days tackling the subject of how to convince my audience of the validity of my story and finally it occurred to me, I’ll cheat! I don’t mean by that to tell untruths or fabricate facts to suit my purpose, no, what I mean by cheating is to uncover scientific facts which are still unknown to humans (that’s you). intrigued? I sure hope so. If not, there is plenty of porn available just a few keystrokes away.

Just try to remember when you crucify me in the comments section that I don’t claim to be the person who discovered any of this. I am just going to tell you what is considered to be the latest theory where I come from and we are much older than you, as a species. Also, I’m not an astrophysicist. Every one here can quote E=mc2 but can you actually prove it?

You made it this far, nice! So you are curious about what I am going to disclose here. The question we are going to discuss today is: What is dark matter / energy.

Of course just answering the question is not enough, you need a better comprehension of the universe before we can indulge into our journey. Well, lucky for you I’m going to do just that. So let’s dive right in. The universe. How did it start? We all know that, easy. The big bang. 13.8 billion years ego there was a huge explosion and suddenly there was space and matter. You humans consider it to be a singularity which means it is a singular event but you couldn’t be more wrong. The easiest way to understand how the universe works is to imagine it as a big machine for creating sibling universes. So where are those other universes being created? You have never encountered a big bang in your universe, right? Well, you have, but you were looking at the other side of it. To be exact, each time a new black hole emerges, there is a big bang. It is simply the other side of the equation if you want to look at it like that. Cause and effect. Wait a second! Are you saying that beyond every black hole out there, there is an entire other universe behind it? Yes that’s exactly what I’m saying (and there are hundreds of billions black holes in the milky way alone!). Well, welcome to the infiverse. You humans have already suspected that the universe is a big place so trying to imagine an infiverse is a frustrating task. Never the less it is crucial for understanding dark matter.

Some of you are already thinking that this is not possible because of the law of conservation of energy. I could easily claim that it is restricted to the same isolated system (which is not our case) but lucky for us, I can give you the reason for the “missing” energy. The rip in space. Just to be clear, when I say “space” I am referring to what you call “space-time”. It is simply a much better name for it (or more appropriate, I’ll probably explain why on future posts). Back to the rip. How does a black hole come into existence? It’s a question of energy per a space/distance unit (like km or miles). I have to say that humanity wisely considers it to be a sphere but that’s only because you are currently unable to get the exact energy figure. When a certain threshold is crossed both in energy values and a certain radius a rip in space occurs (and also a big bang in a universe far far away). Ripping space is not for the faint hearted, it requires massive amounts of energy, but once it happens there is an enormous energy outcome. Think about it like splitting an atom, so much energy suddenly emerges. It is not the same thing but the same concept. That emerged energy looks like a big bang if you are on the other side of the equation. Sadly we can never see both sides of the same event.

Another question that you might be screaming right now is how come micro black holes are possible? Well first let me assure you that none of your scientists is responsible for a universe extinction, these are not black holes which, as we discussed earlier, require a massive amount of energy input to create. Something like critical mass for nuclear explosions (again, non related, just an analogy). Micro black holes are a quantum mechanic phenomena which I’m not familiar with.

What is a black hole essentially? It is a giant energy collector. It attracts matter, then accelerates it, heats it up, basically everything needed to extract the maximum energy output. All this matter-energy enters the black hole, only to disappear. You may have already guessed where I’m going with this. Since we now know what lies on the other side of the black hole (or once more , the equation) that energy ends up in the sibling universe. You can call it dark energy, it’s as good a name as any.

Of course, when it emerges out on the other side of the black hole, it’s not exactly energy. What it is, is space (yes, I mean space-time, last warning). The universe is expanding, you have already figured it out, there is some force, which you can’t detect, that is pushing everything away from everything else. It’s funny because it is all just a matter of perspective. The energy appears on the outcome side as space. Now, we won’t get into the whys today but lets assume that the new space, which is created, is concentrated in areas where there is nothing but empty space. Matter is an anomaly in the universe and more space will be created where there is none and far from gravitational distortions. This is compatible with your observations of the universe. Everything is getting further apart. While it is true, the reason is more space between gravitational wells and not an actual force which interacts with mass. The outcome is the same.

While this is all nice and dandy it is nothing more than a nice story. I can’t prove any of it but I can point some fingers to some interesting directions. Our giant energy collector (aka black hole) is doing a fantastic job at regulating the energy transformation process rate (matter to dark energy) however, it is still dependent on its fuel (matter). The amounts of matter which the black hole attracts are far from constant, hence resulting in fluctuations in the energy outcome (dark energy). So, the only thing left to do here, dear future Nobel prize winner, is to measure the universe expansion rate and to detect the rate fluctuation. While it is not a real proof of the thesis above (remember, you can’t observe both sides of the event and you will never be able to) it will show that the source of this energy is not a constant phenomena and is energy dependent.