Professor emeritus takes aim at Big Bang Theory
An example of what is called a 'hierarchical bubble structure,' in which one giant bubble, carved into the dust of space by massive stars, has triggered the formation of smaller bubbles. A team of researchers, including McMaster professor emeritus Rajat Bhaduri, is questioning the concept of the Big Bang Theory.
Rajat Bhaduri, a professor emeritus in McMaster’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, is part of an international research team challenging one of the most widely accepted scientific concepts: the Big Bang Theory.
Bhaduri and his research partners — Saurya Das of the University of Lethbridge and Ahmed Farag Ali, formerly of the University of Lethbridge and now on the faculty at Zewail City of Science and Technology and Benha University, Egypt — were profiled in The Toronto Star Thursday:
Big Bang suggests the universe began with a boom 13.8 billion years ago, while the new, Canadian-driven idea posits it may have always existed.
“There is nothing wrong with something existing forever,” Saurya Das of the University of Lethbridge said in an email interview. “So if true, it is a matter of getting used to it.”
