What is it about?
It seems that each grand discovery supporting our standard model of cosmology is quickly supplanted by an equally captivating claim that refutes it. In this article, we identify the culprit for this unsettled position, and consider some recent data reinforcing the view that the current paradigm needs to be revised.
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Why is it important?
With very few exceptions, cosmologists rely on the same starting points to construct a working model of the Universe. A rapidly growing body of high-precision cosmological data, however, has moved beyond the standard model’s ability to explain it. A careful scrutiny of the standard model's provenance identifies a crucial area of uncertainty in dire need of reform. Without it, our current paradigm of the Universe will increasingly fail to explain what we see.
Perspectives
The sooner we acknowledge that the primitive assumptions made at the founding of the standard model are in serious conflict with the data, the sooner we can all get down to identifying the correct physics underlying the real expansion profile of the Universe.
Professor Fulvio Melia
University of Arizona
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This page is a summary of: The Point of Contention with Standard Cosmology, New Ground, January 2023, New Ground,
DOI: 10.56537/new-ground.2023.49421.
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