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Originally Posted by C1ay
There could be other choices. Imagine for example that there is an infinite universe. Suppose at some point a singularity in this infinite universe led to an event like the big bang which created a subset of matter, within the infinite universe, that is expanding. This subset of matter is not all of the matter though, only that which was expelled by the local big bang. Supposed other pre-existing strutures of matter like this newly discovered cluster were in the vicinity but not part of the mass expelled by the local big bang. These structures could have existed long before the event we call the big bang and they would predate our universe. This would not be the first such conflict to occur in our analysis. Other globular clusters seem to be older than the universe we think was created by the big bang and they may well be. Here's some food for thought. |
Even though it would be hard to explain such, and this gives one about the same, its possible our universe is older and simply has gone through stages of expansion, slow down, and expansion. Another issue I came across using Gott's idea about the BB coming from a short loop in time before our present Universe started is that one can also model that way and have the Universe actually as a closed loop with the time duration getting longer under each loop. That being the case preexisting structure becomes very possible. Also, in that case there could be far older matter out there than current models allow.
