But, but.........Stephen Hawking said..........
But, there was a scientific consensus and the science was settled.
http://news.yahoo.com/big-bang-deflated-universe-may-had-no-beginning-140017504.html
But, there was a scientific consensus and the science was settled.
http://news.yahoo.com/big-bang-deflated-universe-may-had-no-beginning-140017504.html
If a new theory turns out to be true, the universe may not have started with a bang.
In the new formulation, the universe was never a singularity, or an infinitely small and infinitely dense point of matter. In fact, the universe may have no beginning at all.
"Our theory suggests that the age of the universe could be infinite," said study co-author Saurya Das, a theoretical physicist at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada.
The new concept could also explain what dark matter — the mysterious, invisible substance that makes up most of the matter in the universe — is actually made of, Das added.
"So when we say that the universe begins with a big bang, we really have no right to say that," Brandenberger told Live Science