Information could be a fundamental part of the universe – and may explain dark energy and dark matter

A series of blue sparkling webs create a tangle of threads across a dark blue background, symbolizing dark matter in the universe. .

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein's general relativity explains gravity as the bending of space and time.