Conformal cyclic cosmology
Cosmología cíclica conforme
- Date
- 2005-2010 · confidence medium
- Place
- Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Roger Penrose
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Speculative cosmological model, not accepted by the scientific community, proposed by Roger Penrose, in which the universe passes through infinite cycles with each era's future infinity identified with the next Big Bang.
What it led to
- Debate over possible traces of earlier cosmic eras in the cosmic microwave background
- Popularization of alternative cosmological ideas beyond the standard model
- Publication of the book Cycles of Time (2010)
- Stimulus for research into unconventional theoretical cosmology