Scientists claim the Big Bang theory is WRONG - as they reveal how the universe really began.
For decades, almost every scientist has agreed that the universe began in an enormous explosion known as the Big Bang.
But one group of researchers now controversially claims that everything we think about the birth of the cosmos might be wrong.
In a radical new research paper, Professor Enrique Gaztanaga, of the University of Portsmouth and his co-authors have proposed a new theory they call the 'Black Hole Universe'.
They claim that the universe was formed by a gravitational crunch
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Professor Gaztanaga claims this theory can explain everything we know about the structure of the universe without the need for any exotic elements such as dark energy.
Importantly, the theory also predicts that space should be slightly curved rather than completely flat as the Big Bang model suggests.
This is something that current NASA missions such as Euclid may soon be able to confirm, possibly offering a strong hint that the Black Hole Universe theory is correct.
However, the Black Hole Universe theory may also have some staggeringly strange consequences for humanity's place in the universe. Mail.