PORT ANGELES — There are no miracles, says a group of about 50 astronomers and others interested in the structure of the universe who are wrapping up a four-day conference today.
Something can’t be created from nothing — that is another principle the group agreed upon, they said at a news conference Wednesday at the Red Lion Hotel.
The “Crisis in Cosmology” conference was organized to develop criteria for creating alternatives to the “big bang” theory.
The principles for forming a new view of the universe that were developed by the group are:
The “big bang” theory is that the universe has been constantly expanding since its creation in a massive explosion about 13.7 billion years ago.
Astronomer Tom Van Flandern of Sequim, one of the organizers of the Port Angeles conference, and others attending, dispute that idea.
Said physicist David Dilworth: “The “big bang” theory is a house of tissue paper that is about to collapse under its own weight,”
