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Originally Posted by bartman
Is that a bit like matter and anti-matter?
Are these voids the source of anti-matter?
If these Voids are the same as the point before the BB, could they be a place where a new BB could occur?
I guess if these Voids co-exist in our universe and have nothing in them, they would have to contain time. If not , then that Void would be the same as what is beyond the boundry of our universe or what was before the BB.
Therefore a possible breeding ground for a new BB.
If scientists can determine that there is no matter in these Voids, can they figure out if time exists in these areas?
Just my quick thoughts....
Bartman
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No. Matter and antimatter formed (in almost equal quantities) at the moment of the BB (to be more precise, after the end of the inflationary period) and are a part of the universe we live in, not part of anything else outside of the universe. The voids you're talking about are the voids between superclusters of galaxies. They're part of our universe and share its properties.
The void we're talking about is the complete absence of all of this...matter, spacetime etc etc. Another BB, if it occurred, would happen outside our universe. Just as no two particles can occupy the same space and conditional setup, neither can two universes (Pauli Exclusion Principle, writ large). If a BB was to occur within our spacetime, it would reset our universe's conditions to such an extent we would immediately cease to exist.