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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Are There Echoes From The Pre-Big Bang Universe? A Search for Low Variance Circles in the CMB Sky · HackerPapers discussions</title><link>https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1012.1656/</link><description>Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1012.1656/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Are There Echoes From The Pre-Big Bang Universe? A Search for Low Variance Circles in the CMB Sky — mentioned by saboot</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9480493</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:1012.1656:9480493</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2015 08:32:52 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; The CMB argument around the big bang is misunderstanding what is being witnessed. It&amp;#x27;s not the start of the universe that it&amp;#x27;s revealing information about, but rather a perpetual cycle. The universe regurgitates, it does not begin or end. The idea of a cyclical universe has been around for decades (I recall seeing a diagram about it as a child 20 years ago), there isn&amp;#x27;t a mis-understanding of what the CMB reveals. It gives evidence about the creation of our _own_ observable universe, and the state of matter moments after the creation event of _our_ universe referred to as the big bang.…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1012.1656/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>astro-ph.CO</category></item></channel></rss>
