Did the earth and the universe exist since ancient times? I believe most people will think: this question is meaningless. But from a scientific point of view, this issue is worth studying: because the origin of the earth and the universe is an important topic in cosmological research.
1. The limitations of cosmology
Cosmology is destined to be a subject full of fallacies. The reason is simple: so far, humans have only left their footprints on the moon. Humans who are limited to , Earth and Moon system, , under limited space conditions, study the infinite universe is no less than studying the world with frogs in the well. Fallacy must exist. But even so, the study of the universe still needs to be carried out. After all, this is the limitation of objective factors. In addition, the scientific process is the process of continuous correction.
According to cosmological concept, the universe did not exist 13.8 billion years ago. Milky Way , of course, the solar system was not born. After the big explosion of the singularity, the primitive universe formed by the singularity explosion appeared. Immediately afterwards, in the long evolution, there was the Milky Way, the Solar System, the Earth and even the Moon.
In other words, the Big Bang is the starting point of our universe. If this logic is followed, then the age of any celestial body in our universe will not exceed the age of the universe: for example, the oldest star in the universe at 13.8 billion years old will never be before the age of 13.8 billion.
However, this theory was quickly questioned, and at the same time, it also made too many cosmologists feel doubting life, the world, and even doubting whether the world is virtual.
2, embarrassing star
In the 5-day zone of Libra, 200 light years away from the earth, humans discovered an ancient star. Originally, there were stars everywhere in the Milky Way, and discovering stars was nothing new. But what is terrifying is that according to the astronomical community, the age of this star is actually 16 billion years.
You should know, as mentioned earlier, the age of the universe is only 13.8 billion years, why does it exist for a 16 billion year old star? Are stars older than the universe? what does that mean? It means that there is either a mistake in calculating the age of a star, or it means there is a mistake in calculating the age of the universe. Of course, what makes cosmologists even more frightened is that perhaps many basic theories of cosmology were wrong from the beginning.
So cosmologists began to constantly verify and verify. Sure enough, I found exciting news: that is, there is indeed a calculation error in the age of this star. In 2014, humans determined that the age of this star was about 14.2 billion years, not 16 billion years. However, even 14 billion years is much older than the 13.8 billion years of the universe. This undoubtedly shows that there must be a fallacy. Or the age of the universe is calculated to be less, or the age of the stars is calculated to be more. Or, the problem of cosmological calculations has not been noticed by humans.
3, truth
So far, humans have not figured out where the problem exists. However, astronomers and cosmologists have raised two conjectures to explain the issue, or contradiction, between the age of stars and the age of the universe.
Some scholars believe that it may be the influence of dark matter , which disrupts human calculations of the universe and stars' age. Humans currently have very little understanding of dark matter and antimatter, so there is no way to verify whether this conjecture is reasonable.
Of course, some scholars believe that on the basis of parallel universes, there are many other universes outside our universe. If there is a collision between different universes, it may also lead to time and space travel. If this star comes from another universe, it is understandable that the star's age is greater than the age of this universe.
Of course, all this is just a guess. The huge universe also means that humans may not find the answer until human civilization dies, and it is unknown.
