AUTHOR=Edge Eliott , Brown Chad Ashton TITLE=Commentary: Astrophysical constraints on the simulation hypothesis for this Universe: why it is (nearly) impossible that we live in a simulation JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2026 YEAR=2026 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2026.1808725 DOI=10.3389/fphy.2026.1808725 ISSN=2296-424X