There were two big bangs

Did a dark big bang create most of the universe?

The big bang was the origin of everything in the universe. Or so we thought. Most – 95% no less – of the universe is dark matter and dark energy. It has long been assumed that the big bang was the origin of this dark matter and energy in the universe, as well as the matter and energy we can see. But this assumption is wrong. Dark matter and energy have an origin story of their own, writes Katherine Freese and Martin Winkler.

 

The Dark Universe

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