[The Universe: Big Bang to Now in 10 Easy Steps]. But for all the map's confirmatory power, it still tells us little about the true identity of dark matter, which acts as an invisible scaffold for galaxies and cosmic structure. read more
Yes, Dark Energy did cause what is perceived as being the Big Bang. Dark Energy is merely a small minded perception of what is in greater reality universal electricity which is the simple motion of information from which all of creation is an expression of. Dark Energy thus becomes simply another sub-expression for God. read more
Like dark matter, cosmic inflation (even if it is not actually proven beyond all doubt) is now usually seen as part of the standard Big Bang theory, and to some extent the two additional concepts rescue the Big Bang theory from being completely untenable. However, other potential problems still remain. read more
From Christopher H A good question Christopher and one which is currently at the cutting edge of research. read more