Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Rajendra Gupta On Tired Light and the REAL Age of the Universe [Ep. 431]

Jun 23, 2024

Join Brian Keating as he hosts Rajendra Gupta, a luminary in cosmology claiming the universe is 26.7 billion years old. They discuss changing cosmic constants, the tired light hypothesis, debunking the notion of a 26 billion-year-old universe, galaxy formation, a hybrid model of dark energy, and the expanding universe.

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Rajendra Gupta

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Quick takeaways

Rajendra Gupta proposes a universe age of 26.7 billion years, challenging the 13.8 billion-year Big Bang theory

Gupta's model integrates tired light phenomenon to explain early galaxies problem and cosmic evolution

Deep dives

Controversy over Universe's Age

The podcast delves into a controversial claim made by Rajendra Gupta asserting that the universe's age is 26.7 billion years instead of the widely accepted 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang. Gupta's theory has raised eyebrows and demands extraordinary evidence to support this radical idea that could redefine our understanding of the universe.

Intro

2min

Testing CCC plus TL Cosmology with Observed Barion Acoustic Oscillation Features

12min

Exploring Professor Gupta's Research on the Age of the Universe and Sound Horizon Test

4min

Debating Tired Light and Its Implications

19min

Cosmology, Meteorites, and Steady State Theory Discussion

2min

Exploring Theories of the Universe and Challenges in Astrophysics

7min

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Is the universe twice as old as we thought?

Current estimates suggest that the Big Bang occurred 13.8 billion years ago. But today, we’re joined by Rajendra Gupta, a luminary in the field of cosmology who claims that the universe is actually 26.7 billion years old. I've invited him on the show so he can make a case for his claims!

Professor Gupta is a theoretical physicist currently teaching astrophysics to senior undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Ottawa. His research focuses on astrophysics, cosmology, general relativity, the dynamics of the universe under evolutionary physical constants beyond the standard model, CMB, JWST, BAO, Big Bang nucleosynthesis, the large-scale structure and formation of galaxies, dark matter, and dark energy.

To say I am thrilled to have him on the show for the second time would be an understatement.

So, without further ado, let’s jump right in!

Key Takeaways:

00:00 Intro
01:50 Judging Rajendra’s paper
05:34 Changing cosmic constants
10:45 Tired light hypothesis
13:58 Falsifying the notion that the universe is 26 billion years old
18:57 Falsifying tired light
21:41 The Big Bang and galaxy formation
28:31 Hybrid model of dark energy
33:27 The expanding universe
36:41 Audience questions
44:20 Outro

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