[ETL]

What makes more sense to me, is the alternate theory of successive Big Bangs, wherein the universe expands to a certain point, then contracts in a Big Implosion, which of course, sets off another Big Bang.

But the current evidence points to a universe that is *accelerating* in its expansion. Before that, it was believed the universe was expanding at a progressively slower rate --that it would go on decelerating forever, yet never collapse. Who knows.

[no-to-illegals]

Can a state of equilibrium be attained and maintained? Wonder if we will ever know the answer.

[Windflier]

But the current evidence points to a universe that is *accelerating* in its expansion.

That one really makes my head hurt.

If I compress the whole event into a humanoid scale, I can picture the individual particles momentarily speeding up in their initial flight away from the center, then eventually slowing down to the point where gravity overcomes their outward momentum. They then slowly come to a momentary point of stasis or equilibrium, then reverse course towards the center again.

That's the only scenario that makes sense to this puny human.