{"id":14262,"date":"2025-05-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/?p=14262"},"modified":"2025-04-27T06:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:21:40","slug":"cyclic-universe-theory-infinite-universe-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/cyclic-universe-theory-infinite-universe-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Universe Infinite? Exploring the Cyclic Universe Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Will The Big Bang Happen AGAIN (and Again)?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R9tJ4TkG0fU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The &#8216;cyclic universe&#8217; theory suggests the universe might recycle itself, avoiding a singular beginning. Unlike the Big Bang model, which faces challenges in explaining uniformity, inflation, and singularity, the ekpyrotic model proposes that the universe repeatedly contracts and expands. A brane-based version, linked to M-theory, suggests that brane collisions cause Big Bangs. Future discoveries might test these competing theories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some theories suggest the universe may not have begun with a singular Big Bang\u2014but could instead be part of an endless cycle of cosmic rebirths.\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e7\/Observable_universe_logarithmic_illustration.png\/2048px-Observable_universe_logarithmic_illustration.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,14],"tags":[9158,9153,9147,9159,9151,9164,9149,9146,9163,9152,9160,9156,9154,9165,9150,9155,423,9157,9162,9148,9161,189],"class_list":{"0":"post-14262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-math-and-the-sciences","8":"category-space","9":"tag-ancient-cyclic-cosmology-myths","10":"tag-big-bang-vs-cyclic-universe","11":"tag-brane-world-ekpyrotic-theory","12":"tag-cosmic-microwave-background-fluctuations","13":"tag-cyclic-cosmology-vs-inflation","14":"tag-cyclic-rebirth-of-cosmos","15":"tag-cyclic-universe-theory","16":"tag-ekpyrotic-universe-model","17":"tag-eternal-universe-theories","18":"tag-gravitational-wave-background-cyclic-universe","19":"tag-horizon-problem-and-inflation","20":"tag-inflationary-universe-problems","21":"tag-m-theory-brane-collisions-cosmology","22":"tag-modern-science-cyclic-universe","23":"tag-multiverse-vs-cyclic-universe","24":"tag-paul-steinhardt-neil-turok-cyclic-model","25":"tag-pbs-space-time","26":"tag-polarization-cosmic-microwave-background","27":"tag-quantum-fluctuations-cosmic-structure","28":"tag-scalar-field-universe-contraction","29":"tag-singularity-free-universe-models","30":"tag-youtube","31":"post_format-post-format-video","32":"cs-entry","33":"cs-video-wrap"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14263,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14262\/revisions\/14263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}