Big Problem with the Big Bang Theory
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | Big Problem with the Big Bang Theory |
| Author(s) | George Staniforth Coyne |
| Published in | Beyond Mainstream |
| Date | 2019-03-20 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | Big Bang, cosmic microwave background |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"Big Problem with the Big Bang Theory" is an article by George Staniforth Coyne published on 20 March 2019 on Beyond Mainstream.
Coyne targets the cosmic microwave background, the observation most often cited in the theory's support. On the standard account the 2.7 K background is relic radiation from photon decoupling some 380,000 years after the Big Bang. He argues that a microwave background can be accounted for without that scenario, and that the COBE spectrum and isotropy results are read as confirmation only because decoupling is assumed at the outset.