The universe is liquid According to the theory proposed (https://bit.ly/3EZKxbE) by Italian physicists Stefano Liberati and Luca Macchione, space-time is not just an abstract frame of reference containing physical objects such as stars and galaxies. Italian scientists believe that it is a physical substance, analogous to an ocean filled with water. According to the theory, just as water is made up of countless molecules, spacetime is made up of microscopic particles at a deeper level of reality. In general, the very idea that space-time behaves like a liquid is the newest - the theory of superfluid vacuum was proposed more than half a century ago. But Italian researchers were the first to question the viscosity of such a liquid. Liberati and MacKione proposed a solution to the problem - they developed a theory of superfluid space. According to them, the universe consists of a superfluid liquid with zero viscosity, which behaves as a whole. A superfluid liquid is a liquid that can flow indefinitely without loss of energy. This is not a fictional concept, such liquids do exist. Superfluidity is the phase of a substance into which liquids or gases pass when they cool to temperatures close to absolute zero. In this state, the atoms lose their individual properties and behave as a single superatom. The most famous superfluid liquid is helium, but cooled to only 2 K (Kelvin) or -271.15 Celsius. Superfluids have several unique properties. They can, for example, climb the walls of an open vessel and "escape" from it. At the same time, it is simply impossible to heat them - they transfer heat perfectly. A superfluid liquid simply evaporates when heated. The theory visualizes space-time as a superfluid with zero viscosity. A strange property of such fluids is that they cannot be made to rotate "in mass", as an ordinary fluid "works" with stirring. They break up into tiny vortices. In 2014, scientists figured out that these quantum "tornadoes" in the early universe explain the origins of galaxies.