{"id":207554,"date":"2025-03-01T15:12:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T21:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/our-universe-has-two-different-sides-physicists-confirm"},"modified":"2025-03-01T15:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T21:12:47","slug":"our-universe-has-two-different-sides-physicists-confirm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/our-universe-has-two-different-sides-physicists-confirm","title":{"rendered":"Our Universe Has Two Different Sides, Physicists Confirm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z08ci_g9SGg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I have my own introduction to quantum mechanics course that you can check out on Brilliant! First 30 days are free and 20% off the annual premium subscription when you use our link \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/brilliant.org\/sabine\">https:\/\/brilliant.org\/sabine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Physicists have a lot of questions about our universe. Here\u2019s one more to add to the list: Why is it so asymmetrical? New research has confirmed an anomaly named the Hemispherical Power Asymmetry, which states that the cosmic microwave background has more fluctuations in one side of the universe than the other. The weirdest part about this is that no one even has a theory for why this might be the case.<\/p>\n<p>Paper: <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2411\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2411<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This video comes with a quiz which you can take here: <a href=\"https:\/\/quizwithit.com\/start_thequiz\/.\">https:\/\/quizwithit.com\/start_thequiz\/.<\/a>\u2026 Check out my new quiz app \u279c <a href=\"http:\/\/quizwithit.com\/\">http:\/\/quizwithit.com\/<\/a> \ud83d\udc8c Support me on Donorbox \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg\">https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg<\/a> \ud83d\udcdd Transcripts and written news on Substack \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/\">https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/<\/a> \ud83d\udc49 Transcript with links to references on Patreon \u279c <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ sabine \ud83d\udce9 Free weekly science newsletter \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle\">https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle<\/a>\u2026 \ud83d\udc42 Audio only podcast \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl<\/a>\u2026 \ud83d\udd17 Join this channel to get access to perks \u279c <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sabinehossenfelder\">@sabinehossenfelder<\/a> \ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f On instagram \u279c <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ sciencewtg #science #sciencenews #physics.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd13 Check out my new quiz app \u279c <a href=\"http:\/\/quizwithit.com\/\">http:\/\/quizwithit.com\/<\/a><br \/> \ud83d\udc8c Support me on Donorbox \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg\">https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg<\/a>.<br \/> \ud83d\udcdd Transcripts and written news on Substack \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/\">https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/<\/a><br \/> \ud83d\udc49 Transcript with links to references on Patreon \u279c \/ sabine.<br \/> \ud83d\udce9 Free weekly science newsletter \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle\">https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \ud83d\udc42 Audio only podcast \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \ud83d\udd17 Join this channel to get access to perks \u279c<br \/> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sabinehossenfelder\">@sabinehossenfelder<\/a>.<br \/> \ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f On instagram \u279c \/ sciencewtg.<\/p>\n<p>#science #sciencenews #physics<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/our-universe-has-two-different-sides-physicists-confirm\">Continue reading \u201cOur Universe Has Two Different Sides, Physicists Confirm\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have my own introduction to quantum mechanics course that you can check out on Brilliant! First 30 days are free and 20% off the annual premium subscription when you use our link \u279c https:\/\/brilliant.org\/sabine. Physicists have a lot of questions about our universe. 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