ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Brane

Okay kiddo, so imagine you have a very big sheet of paper. This paper is like the universe we live in. But what if I told you that this paper can actually have more than one side? That’s when things get interesting.

Now let’s take this paper and fold it in half, making it into a “brane.” This brane is like a giant sandwich with two sides. But it gets even crazier because there could be more than just two sides. Some scientists think there could be as many as 11 sides!

These sides are all connected, but they are not the same. They could have different dimensions, which means they can look and act very differently from each other. Kind of like how a flat piece of paper and a ball have different shapes.

Now imagine all of these branes floating in a bigger space, kind of like how planets float in space. These branes could be interacting and colliding with each other, which could explain some of the mysteries of our universe.

So, to sum it up, a brane is like a giant piece of paper with multiple sides, each having different dimensions and properties, and they could be interacting with each other in a big cosmic dance.