Shivani Mathur

The exploration of empty space, dark matter, and the behavior of light in a vacuum have long been focal points of inquiry in physics. However, to date, true 'empty space' remains elusive. Nearly a century ago, in 1928, the brilliant mathematician Paul Dirac stumbled upon a remarkable revelation while toying with equations: Empty space is far from empty. It pulsates with ceaseless activity—an incessant dance of matter and antimatter,creating, destroying and recreatingh, too rapid for human perception to capture.
This insight brought Shivani's mind to the Upanishads, an ancient Indian text dating back five millennia. The word for zero (Shunya) in Sanskrit derives from the term 'Kha,' loosely translated as 'nothing' in English. However, a more apt interpretation might be 'that which is unmanifest and unseen but has boundless boundless possibilities.' Think of Kha as the empty space within the hub of a wheel, the void. Insert an axle in this void propels the wheel forward.

Could the path to infinity lie in realising the power of what is invisible?