The Big Bang Theory was actually named by its leading opponent, but despite the mythology that's grown up around it, "big bang" was never meant as an insult. Astrophysicist Fred Hoyle coined the ...

He finished by claiming confidently that the results now showed unambiguously a higher density of radio sources in the past, therefore proving the steady state theory wrong. The shocked Hoyle was ...

During Steady State's heyday in the 1940s and 50s, Hoyle and his contemporaries defended the theory with intellectual vigor, winning over a significant portion of the scientific community. To ...

Another theory about the Universe, called the Steady State theory, says that the Universe has always existed, and that the Universe is expanding and constantly creating matter as it expands. This ...

Professor Sir Hermann Bondi, Scientist, 1919-2005 ...

The Steady-State theory has been condemned not by groupthink, but by the evidence. If anyone tells you differently, you now know exactly how to test it for yourself.

The big bang is one of those theories that even the most casual student of science finds familiar and, at least at face value, fairly easy to understand. So it might surprise you to learn that the ...

With the discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation, the big bang delivered a knockout blow to its steady state competitor. It's a wonderful story, and it deserves a master storyteller.

After that, the Big Bang theory quickly became consensus in the field. While Hoyle’s steady-state idea eventually failed, he made many other significant contributions, especially involving ...

Championed by astrophysicist Fred Hoyle in the latter part of the 20th century, the steady-state theory is the skeptic’s response to the Big Bang theory.