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Join Martin Rees as he explores the latest updates on space research and whether we could be living in parallel universes.

The astronomer will share his excitement about recent cosmic ideas and discoveries. Since last festival there have been new searches for life (even intelligent life) in space. One of Einstein’s greatest predictions has been confirmed with the detection of gravitational waves from colliding back holes. Images of Pluto have surprised us, and astronomers have discovered thousands of planets orbiting other stars, some resembling Earth. And there is speculation that physical reality encompasses more than the aftermath of our big bang: we may inhabit a multiverse.

This event is part of a series of Royal Society events taking place at the 2016 Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts.

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