Moviegoers have never seen anything quite like “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the frenetic and quirky independent film that leads the 2023 Oscar race with 11 nominations.

One aspect of the movie that makes it markedly unlike any previous Best Picture Oscar contender is its use of the concept of multiple universes — shortened to “multiverse” in pop culture parlance. When a down on her luck laundromat owner is contacted by a version of her husband from a parallel universe, the movie revs into high gear and never slows down again.

Is contact between parallel universes genuinely possible? Virginia Tech Professor of Physics Djordje Minic said physicists are divided when it comes to answering that question.

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