Big Bang and Alternatives

Cindy,

From the home page on this site go to the Cosmology tab. There is another cosmology tab when you get there (it is the default) and on that page there are several articles on the BB.

Most of us here do not think the BB is a viable theory.

Regards,
LB

Do they try to establish a relation between red shift and age or between red shift and mass of stars, don't they ?

Different ways to estimate astronomical distances.

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Unhappily the most renowned astrophysicists do not think so !

Every day , the users of optical fibres and other laser sets observe frequency shifts by light-matter interactions, without blur of the images and the spectra, but the use of their theories of light-matter interactions is forbidden because all people who describe strange, marvelous, mysterious effects in the Universe would lose their credibility.
The last "discovery" is the "anomalous acceleration" of the Pioneer probes beyond 5 UA.

No more evolution in biology, incoherent physics, ... Back to the middle ages !

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<br />Cindy,

From the home page on this site go to the Cosmology tab. There is another cosmology tab when you get there (it is the default) and on that page there are several articles on the BB.

Most of us here do not think the BB is a viable theory.

Regards,
LB
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If BB is not a right answer, then what is preventing galaxies from getting closer each other under effect of gavity ?

[Cindy] " ... what is preventing galaxies from getting closer each other under effect of gavity ?"

Gravity, of course.

Suppose that Newton/Einstein are correct and gravity's range is infinite. In a universe of infinite extent (most of us here take this as a given) there will be equal amounts of mass in all directions so the net gravitational force on a particular galaxy is zero. Except for the occasional chance collision with another galaxy.

But most of us here lean toward Meta Model's concept of a limited range for the force of gravity. Once again net external force on a particular galaxy (absent collision) is zero.

LB