Scientists Prove That Mass Comes From Nothing
December 13th, 2008At the level of quantum vacuum (or quantum foam), elementary particles just pop into and out of existence from nothing. But it turns out that these “virtual” particles comprise the majority of what we know as matter. Note also that some theorists believe the Big Bang, and the existence of space and time, came from a similar sort of quantum fluctuation.
Link: http://www.newscientist.com/…
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