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ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE THEORIES
There are several other origin of matter theories which are
but
variants of the Big Bang. Essentially the same problems apply to
them:
The Steady State Universe TheoryOriginated by *Fred oyle in
!"#$% this theory says that% in the space between gala&ies%
new matter
is 'uietly but continually appearing out of nothing. (n !")%
oyle
publicly abandoned the theory as ridiculous.
The Oscillating Universe TheoryThis is another idea by
*+eorge
+amow. (t says that when the universe finally runs down% another
Big
Bang will start it going again. The main difference is that%
while the
first Bang occurred when nothing e&ploded into all the
matter in theuniverse% the later ones would be the result of all
the matter pac,ing
into a tiny point and then e&ploding again.
The Nebular Hypothesis-also called the lanetesimal Theory/
says
that% as the gas swirled around% eddies of gas caused the sun
and
planets. 0ll seven theories re'uire circling gas which contracts
into the
sun. 1e have already disproved the basics underlying this
concept.
2any say that material from the sun made the planets and moons.
But
the elemental composition of each of the planets is different
from thesun and from one another. One could not come from the
other. (n
addition% the sun would have to rotate e&tremely fast to
hurl off
planets and moons% yet it rotates very slowly. 2ore on this
later.
The Fision Theorysays that our sun burst and sent out the
planets
and moons. But they would fly outward forever3 they would not
stop
and begin circling the sun or one another.
The apture Theorysays our planets and moons were wandering
around and were captured by our sun. But they would then crash
intothe sun3 they would not circle it or one another. 1e never see
planets
or moons flying by us today% yet we now ,now of at least !4
moons in
our solar system -5et ropulsion 6aboratory% 744)/.
The !ccretion Theorysays that small chun,s of material
gradually
got together and formed our planet. Then more chun,s formed
our
