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What is Conformal Cyclic Cosmology?

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CCC, as it’s known in nerdy physics circles, is a theory given by theoretical physicists Roger Penrose and Vahe Gurzadyan that says that the universe goes through infinite cycles. Each cycle begins with an event such as the Big Bang that birthed our own universe.

This might sound like a Rig Vedic theory of the birth of the universe, but the two scientists claim evidence in signatures of the cosmic microwave background — radiation remnant of the Big Bang, discovered in the 1960s, and evidence of the Big Bang. However many aren’t convinced on the grounds that the signals for such a cyclicity may well be statistical noise.

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