TagliatelliMonster
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Is the Big Bang in crisis?
Stubborn problems with dark matter, dark energy, and cosmic expansion have some astronomers rethinking what we know about the early universe.
"...cosmologists have struggled — if not outright failed — to understand essential facets of the universe. We know almost nothing about dark matter and dark energy, which together make up more than 95 percent of the total energy in existence today. We don’t understand how the universe’s protons, electrons, and neutrons could have survived the aftereffects of the Big Bang. In fact, everything we know about the laws of physics tells us that these particles should have been destroyed by antimatter long ago. And in order to make sense of the universe as we observe it, cosmologists have been forced to conclude that space, during its earliest moments, must have undergone a brief and spectacular period of hyperfast expansion — an event known as cosmic inflation. Yet we know next to nothing about this key era of cosmic history."
.."scientists generally assume that space expanded steadily during the first fraction of a second, without any unexpected events or transitions. It is entirely plausible that this simply was not the case."
"they know relatively little about the first seconds that followed the Big Bang — and next to nothing about the first trillionth of a second. When it comes to how our universe may have evolved, or to the events that may have taken place during these earliest moments, we have essentially no direct observations on which to rely."
Is the Big Bang in crisis?
The big bang theory is not a theory of origins of the universe, but a theory of development of the universe. And it is backed by very detailed evidence.
If the problems of dark matter etc are solved - the universe will still be expanding, the CMB radiation would still be present and still fall in line with big bang predictions.
The facts are what they are and remain what they are.
That the very early universe poses challenges to cosmologists isn't exactly fresh news either... Physics has basically been stuck for several decades now when it comes to that - so you are a bit late to catch up.
Creation is a better explanation.
Religious assertions aren't explanations of anything.