A new way of understanding spacetime [In Depth]

I published a paper on Medium recently that try's to understand the expansion of the universe in a new and potentially exciting way. I'll post the introduction below and a link to my paper. Thanks for reading, let me know what you think.

The nature of spacetime — its origin, structure, and relationship to light and matter — remains one of the deepest mysteries in modern physics. While General Relativity provides an elegant description of gravity as the curvature of spacetime, and quantum field theory describes the behavior of particles and fields on that backdrop, the two frameworks remain fundamentally incompatible.

The ongoing search for quantum gravity suggests that our most basic assumptions — about spacetime, information, and the vacuum itself — may need to be reimagined. In this paper, we propose a speculative yet conceptually coherent idea: that spacetime is not a fundamental entity but an emergent phenomenon, generated through the interaction of photons with the quantum vacuum. Specifically, we explore the possibility that in regions of extreme low-density — such as cosmic supervoids — photons do not merely travel through space but become part of space itself. They transform into what we call “negative information”: not a loss of knowledge, but a reconfiguration of potential, a seed of structure in the absence of measurement. This idea marks a shift in perspective.

Rather than viewing spacetime as a passive arena where particles play out their roles, we propose that spacetime is actively generated by the interaction of light and the quantum fabric it moves through. In this framework, matter gives rise to photons, photons generate local spacetime geometry, and spacetime curvature stabilizes and conditions the emergence of matter. It is a loop — not a linear chain — where each element (light, matter, geometry) recursively generates and sustains the others. Recent observations of accelerated expansion in regions of extremely low mass density — such as cosmic voids — provide a potential window into this process.

If these voids represent zones of minimal entanglement and maximal quantum potential, the behavior of light within them could reveal something profound: not only how the universe expands, but how it comes into being at all. In the following sections, we introduce the concept of “negative information” and lay out a framework for understanding photon-vacuum interactions as spacetime-generating events. We explore the implications of this framework for cosmology, the origin of the universe, and the nature of gravity itself. By rethinking the relationship between light, information, and spacetime, we may be on the brink of a deeper understanding of the cosmos — one where the fabric of spacetime is not a passive stage but an active participant in the unfolding story of the universe.

https://medium.com/@dilille010/the-informational-genesis-of-spacetime-photons-quantum-vacuum-and-the-structure-of-nothing-5bacdbfacb2a

TLDR: Light or photons are fundamental to the creation of what we perceive as spacetime.