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# Quantum Physics’ Strangest Prediction May Have Just Come True?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pbs-space-time/episode/quantum-physics-strangest-prediction-may-have-just-come-true-ubvjdl/
- Published: 2026-09-29T17:02:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-29T21:01:43.000Z
- Description: It’s believed empty space can be crystalized and we may have observed this for the first time.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS Space Time, Season 11, Episode 36, #ZZZ_Episode_54e248e1-8b0b-4815-beae-b9c2e3cd6350, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_ae70f836-13b6-4c9d-b61f-99f7b8bc29eb, #v1.16

Nothing is complicated because in physics even completely empty space is described as being full of quantum fields doing complicated things even when nothing else is there. One prediction that’s been around for a while is that under extreme conditions, empty space can be sort of crystalized. And there’s good evidence that we’ve observed this for the first time.