Bubble Universes
The theory finally unifies cosmic inflation and regular inflation.
The theory finally unifies cosmic inflation and regular inflation.
A bubble universe is a concept in the inflation theory of cosmology in which our observable universe is just one of many "bubbles" of matter and radiation that formed after the Big Bang.
The comic seems to be recursive, where one Cueball's bubble universe contains another Cueball doing the same thing, blowing bubbles, seeming to contain the whole scene within one of the bubbles in the original scene.
The title text claims this theory "finally unifies cosmic inflation and regular inflation." Cosmic inflation refers to the expansionary phase of the universe shortly after the Big Bang. Meanwhile, regular inflation refers to blowing bubbles, as this leads to them being inflated.[citation needed] This comic "unified" these theories with the simple proposition that the universe was a bubble and inflated like regular bubbles do. Unification of theories is a popular goal among scientists, since it makes it possible to provide a single explanation for multiple phenomena.
See also 2972: Helium Synthesis.