Chuckles Theory of the Universe In the beginning (of our universe), material spewed into space from the back-end of a black hole. The material coagulated into stars and planets. The solar systems gathered into galaxies. The stars eventually die, taking their planets with them. The galaxies have a black hole at their center. The black holes eventually gobble their galaxies. Eventually the universe is empty and gone. Viewed in the proper time scale the whole opera looks like fireworks. How long has this been going on? Forever. How long will it go on? Forever. =============================================================================== The mini-universes spawned by the black holes are in a different time/space so they can't be seen by us, but we can see the gravitational effect - dark matter. =============================================================================== The universe is expanding because it is being sucked into the vacuum of space. Like osmosis where the side of the semi-permiable membrane with the least of a molecule will draw the molecules through the membrane from the side with the most. =============================================================================== The material spewed into the new universe may be creating 2 new universes: 1 consisting of anti-matter, the other consisting of matter, completing a cycle for 'conservation of matter' - matter/anti-matter as there is supposed to be an equal amount of each. If they are created into their own dimension, the radiation we see in our dimention is projected into our dimension as a 'keep out' sign.