An alternative cosmology to the big bang model of the universe in which the background radiation is the energy lost from all electromagnetic radiation due to quantum effects. This causes the red shift. It predicts the illusion of an expanding universe which appears to expand faster in our own locality in line which supernova research.
The big bang model of the universe has become the mainstay of cosmology. However, there is room for doubt. Could it all be an illusion? All new discoveries have to be explained within the big bang framework. Its two main pillars of support are the redshift and the microwave background radiation. There are other struts of support, such as the 25% helium abundance and quasars which appear to mainly exist at great cosmological distances.
The apparent expansion leads us to envisage a point around 1.2x1026m away where due to the expansion of space, that region appears to be moving away at the speed of light. A sphere of the above radius defines our observable universe. Any information from beyond this sphere could never reach us.
Since the universe appears to be expanding then it must have had a beginning, a creation, somewhere between 10-18 billion years ago. It will therefore have an end, by expanding and fizzling out, or by collapsing back in on itself. The big bang's predecessor, the steady state model also allowed for the expansion of space. Hydrogen was continually created from nowhere to maintain the status quo.
We are going to think the unthinkable, that the universe is not expanding, but only looks as if it is. The universe must be an eternal structure. It is under dynamic equilibrium with itself for all eternity. It also contains the natural mechanisms necessary to maintain it.
See The Steady State Galaxy Theory by Rufus Young for possible natural mechanisms. This is my copy of his page which I now cannot find. Rufus, where are you? Also My notes on the Rufus Young galaxy operation page
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While the big bang model may well be correct, there are reasons for doubt. This is apart from the usual reasons, such as not being able to imagine the non-existence of time and space, the thought of where all that apparently infinite energy came from, wondering if it really is possible for two objects to separate at a speed faster than light using the expansion of space as our explanation and the incredible lattice work of galaxies that appears enshrined in eternity rather than something created even 109 years ago.
Below are some other reasons for wondering. The Heisenberg effect is the most important. This together with the others point to the conclusion, that either we are living in a very special epoch in a big bang universe or something else is beyond our grasp and needs further study.
Does the Heisenberg Uncertainty cause the red shift?
Does radiation radiate? - the background radiation coincidence
The mega parsec coincidence. Are red shifts quantised? If so, why?
Is there a background gravitational field? - Virial Theorem, missing mass?
The black hole gravitational red shift formula coincidence
Links to other sites for those wishing further info on an eternal non-expanding Universe.
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