“People who did not like the Big Bang came up with a steady state model that involved continuous creation of matter. This new paper took a failed idea from 70 years ago and applied it to dark matter/energy.”
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Interesting 6 minute video about the Big Bang and a book by an agnostic astronomer addressing what it means:
“God And the Astronomer”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxmmf3OVi_8
I think the steady state model predates the big bang model.