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In reply to the discussion: No Big Bang? Quantum equation predicts universe has no beginning [View all]rug
(82,333 posts)19. I thought the steady state model has been largely rejected.
Problems with the steady-state theory began to emerge in the late 1960s, when observations apparently supported the idea that the Universe was in fact changing: quasars and radio galaxies were found only at large distances (therefore could have existed only in the distant past), not in closer galaxies. Whereas the Big Bang theory predicted as much, the Steady State theory predicted that such objects would be found throughout the Universe, including close to our own galaxy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/universe/questions_and_ideas/steady_state_theory
Granted, I'm flying by the seat of my pants here.
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I hope the graphic is wrong, because a theory predicting stars first formed 400 million years ago
struggle4progress
Feb 2015
#1
Relgion and Cosmology are two major sources of theories about the origin of the univese.
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2015
#18
The degree to which a layperson can really understand this is questionable, imo.
cbayer
Feb 2015
#23
Seeing as how both Time and Space were a function of the BB, there was no "before" it
Vincardog
Feb 2015
#54