Abstract It has been known for nearly a hundred years that the universe is expanding. First
observed and made public by Erwin Hubble, the result was later understood theoretically by
Albert Einstein: unless the universe is completely devoid of any matter and radiation ( ...

Abstract This column is about a new alternative to standard Big Bang cosmology that
reaches back in time to the era before the Big Bang in an effort to remove some of the
arbitrary assumptions from the model. It's in part the work of Gabriele Veneziano, a theorist ...

However the steady state theory was scuppered by two observations. The first was the
discovery in the 1960s that the distant, and therefore, early universe does not look the same
as today's universe. The second was the discovery in 1964 of the cosmic microwave ...

Abstract We analyze a general mechanism for producing a nearly scale-invariant spectrum
of cosmological curvature perturbations during a contracting phase preceding a big bang,
which can be entirely described using 4D effective field theory. The mechanism, based on ...

As I look up at the night sky from my home in Auckland, I am often moved to gasp with awe at
the magnificence of the star-studded expanse stretched out above me. When I have the
chance to view it from the remoteness of the countryside, the sight is even more awesome.

The emergence and development of rock'n'roll music in Australia before the Big Bang of
Australian rock'n'roll, namely, the arrival of Johnny O'Keefe on the music scene are
discussed. The efforts of several musicians such as Les Welch, Nellie Small and Vic ...

Abstract What caused the big bang? What was here before it? These are, of course, not easy
questions to answer. Indeed, before the last few years most cosmologists would not have
dreamed of tackling them. They seemed outside the realm of science—a topic belonging ...

Abstract Was the Universe before the Big Bang of classical nature, described well by a
smooth space–time? Or was it in a highly fluctuating quantum state? This is one of the most
basic questions that we may ask once it is accepted that there was something before the ...

Proposals for describing the initial state of the universe hardly ever address a certain
fundamental conundrum [1]—yet this is a conundrum whose significance is, in a certain
sense, obvious. The issue arises from one of the most fundamental principles of physics: ...

... Dialogue 33 (01):3-20. Wes Morriston (2002). Creation Ex Nihilo and the Big Bang. Philo 5
(1):23-33. John Cramer, Before the Big Bang. Quentin Smith (1992). A Big Bang Cosmological
Argument for God's Nonexistence. Faith and Philosophy 9 (2):217-237. Analytics. ...