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The extragalactic Universe: an alternative view

Nature volume 346, pages 807–812 (1990)Cite this article

We discuss evidence to show that the generally accepted view of the Big Bang model for the origin of the Universe is unsatisfactory. We suggest an alternative model that satisfies the constraints better.

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  1. G. Burbidge: acknowledges research support from NASA

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  1. Max-Planck Institut für Astro-physik, 8046, Garching bei München, FRG

    H. C. Arp

  2. Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA

    G. Burbidge

  3. School of Mathematics, University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, CF2 4AG, UK

    F. Hoyle & N. C. Wickramasinghe

  4. Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411007, India

    J. V. Narlikar

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