Why the “Cyclic Universe” is Impossible
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | Why the “Cyclic Universe” is Impossible |
| Author(s) | Glenn Borchardt |
| Published in | The Scientific Worldview |
| Date | 2025-11-10 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | Big Bang, cyclic universe, multiverse |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"Why the ‘Cyclic Universe’ is Impossible" is an article by Glenn Borchardt published on 10 November 2025 on The Scientific Worldview.
Borchardt treats the cyclic universe — alternating expansions and contractions — as one of a family of proposals that preserve the expansion interpretation by elaborating it, the multiverse being another. His objection is mechanical: every event in the universe occurs through collision, and any hypothesis requiring events without collisions is false. He allows that recycling occurs, but for portions of the universe rather than the whole of it.