Scientists claim to have discovered 'cracks in the universe' after taking closer look at bizarre galaxy

The universe is full of many mysteries, but a recent study may have found evidence of cracks that were previously just theorized.

Now, for clarity’s sake, we aren’t talking about massive cracks that lead to an alternate universe or multi-dimensional area.

So, if you had envisioned a Dr Strange-esque bending of reality out in deep space, sorry to disappoint.

Cracks in the universe refers to cosmic strings, which are hypothetical topological defects theorized to have formed during the immediate chaos after the Big Bang.

The theory that these cracks/cosmic strings exist isn’t exactly new, first being put forth to the scientific community way back in 1970.

Proving cosmic strings exists isn't exactly easy since we haven't ever observed them (Getty Stock Image)

The biggest issue is that they are yet to be observed.

Despite this, a 2023 study from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics details several possible cosmic string candidates in an area in space. This piece of space is known as CSc-1.

The results of the study were accepted into the Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège back in 2023.

If cosmic strings do exist, they would be extremely dense, and a possible source of potentially detectable gravitational waves.

The study focused on the brightest objects in that field to make their case—a galactic pair known creatively as SDSSJ110429.61 + 233150.3.

The study argues that this pair is actually just one galaxy but appears as two due to gravitational lensing.

What is gravitational lensing, you ask? It is when gravitational fields distort light around objects in space, and can be caused by massive galaxy clusters between Earth and other observed part of space.

Researchers think they may have found cosmic string candidate in this one part of space (Getty Stock Image)

The paper reads: “The significant correlation between the spectra of the two components indicates the possible GL (gravitational lensing) nature of the pair.

“Our simulations of observational data in the CSc-1 field shows that a large number of pairs can be explained by the complex geometry of the CS (cosmic string).

“Simulations of the SDSSJ110429 galaxy pair has shown that the observed angle between the components of the pair can be explained if the CS is strongly inclined and, possibly, bent in the image plane.

“We also detected the sign of the sharp isophotal edge in one image, which along with CMB and spectral data strongly suggests the possibility of a [cosmic string] detection.”

Now before you get ahead of yourself, the team is cautious of their findings and simply wants more research to be done analyzing the area.