A Big Bang conundrum

A Big Bang conundrum

I’ve been interested in theories related to the origin of the universe for quite some time, and have spent hours consuming information on the subject through newspaper clippings, television shows and the wealth of knowledge offered online. I often find presented theories to be flawed, and have trouble reconciling some perceived problems. I’ve collected the topics that I take issue with in this essay and would like to hear your thoughts -- it seems to me that observations of deep space indicate the long-discounted steady-state universe theory makes more sense than the popular Big Bang model.

The basic flaw in the Big Bang model of the universe lies in what happened after the universe formed, when it was much smaller than it is now, and contained about 80 billion young galaxies as it expanded. What astronomers see in deep field space is the observable universe as it was at the time when light rays were emitted 13 billion to 14 billion years ago. According to the Big Bang model, 13-billion-years-old light rays can be seen looking in all directions from any point on the globe from the observer’s position within the Milky Way galaxy. But that doesn’t jibe with the expansion time line. During 13 billion years of expansion, the Milky Way galaxy moved 13 billion light years away from the location of the young and small universe. Now, in the present location, observers are looking back to where the Milky Way came from and seeing light rays from galaxies that were also located in that small universe. So far, this can still make sense, as long as the Milky Way was traveling near parallel to the light and at a velocity near the speed of light, just to stay ahead, and 13 billion years later, intercept the somewhat older light beams from the emitting galaxy -- which I’ll call "Galaxy A" for illustrative purposes.

Let’s go back and take a look at deep field space as a spherical entity, with observers on Earth in center of this sphere, with seen objects extending out in all directions. Looking toward Galaxy A, the observed light originates from a time when the universe was relatively young and small. But looking in the opposite direction from Galaxy A, observers also see 13-billion-years-old galaxies which originated from the same small Big Bang. There is no experimental nor logical explanation for the above event to happen within the Big Bang model, and the phrase; "The Big Bang happened everywhere" does not seem to explain it either. Hence, it stands to reason that objects opposite from Galaxy A are actually 26 billion light years away from the compact small universe.

But that doesn’t make sense and here’s why. Let’s examine the galaxy, the one blasted far ahead of the Milky Way, and call it "Galaxy X." The light rays coming from Galaxy X are coming back toward our observing Milky Way while the Milky Way is at the same time hurtling toward the rays. So if the Milky Way has traveled 13 billion light years from the infant universe, and the observed light from Galaxy X is 13 billion years old when seen by astronomers, X and its neighbors must be 26 billion light years away from the young and small universe. Those galaxies have traveled twice as far as the Milky Way has traveled from the small universe. How did Galaxy X and it’s neighbors get way out there in 13 billion years if they are from the small confined entity of galaxies? They would have to travel far faster than the speed of light to do so.



Let’s also examine the validity of the red shift observation, the one that scientists used to reinforce and ultimately validate the Big Bang theory. It’s a generally accepted concept that the universe is larger than what the observed view indicates. The Milky Way is not in the center of the universe but rather in the middle of the observable section of universe. Hence, its inevitable that relative to the observer the view of galaxies in expanding motion are not only moving away but also moving sideways. This extra motion may add an uncounted factor to the true meaning of the red shift observation.

Also, those 13-billion-year-old light rays that are being observed have traveled an incredibly long distance -- through cosmic dust and gravitational fields, including neighboring galaxies and finally penetrate the denser interstellar system of the Milky Way. Add to the distortion related to the light’s origin the fact that on the receiving end, observers are also in linear and rotational motion, via the nature of the Milky Way, the our solar system and the earth itself. While the adapted tracking system used by scientists is designed to guarantee a steady image via long exposure, data collected from a spectrometer does not benefit from a similar treatment. It stands to reason that all of the above factors independently or combined may alter the interpretation of the red shift phenomenon, and one day that may change the understanding of the universe..