Preface:
This is a personal hypothesis—an attempt to reimagine the origin and fate of the universe through a lens that blends scientific thought, speculative reasoning, and intuition. While rooted in some ideas from cosmology and quantum theory, this narrative steps beyond the boundaries of established science to explore a vision of the cosmos as a living, evolving entity shaped by energy, resonance, and entropy.
Where did everything come from?
The Big Bang theory, as widely accepted today, suggests that the universe emerged from an infinitesimally small, infinitely dense singularity—a point without dimension, without space, and without time. From that mysterious moment, space expanded, time began to flow, and the universe as we know it slowly took shape.
But there’s an unease buried in that theory. How could something so unimaginably vast, so intricate and heavy with structure, arise from a dimensionless point? The very idea of a singularity feels more like a placeholder for something we do not yet understand. Unless we invoke the hand of a creator, the physics as we know it offers little clarity at that origin.
That’s what led me to a thought experiment—a reimagining of the cosmos, one that replaces the paradox of a singularity with something more intuitively expansive.
The Primordial Field of Silence
Let us imagine that the universe did not begin from a point, but from a vast, silent, inert field—spread across a region perhaps a billion light years in diameter. This was not the space-time we now observe, but a field filled with what I would call etheric dark matter—a fundamental, unstructured state of existence.
These primordial dark matter forms were not particles as we know them. They existed as strings of quanta, motionless yet tensioned, filling the void with potential.
There was no explosion, no dramatic bang. Instead, there was a shift.
Due to a net repulsive force among these strings, they began to resonate. That resonance was not noise—it was the beginning of form, of distinction, of entropy. The dormant dark matter transitioned, vibrating into dark energy (although the conversion of dark matter into dark energy, or vice versa, remains unsupported by empirical evidence, and is therefore not currently accepted within mainstream scientific theories. However, as a thought experiment, this allows me the liberty to bend the rules slightly—especially given that our understanding of dark matter and dark energy remains incomplete.). With this transformation, the first pulse of disorder entered the cosmos, marking the true birth of time.
The Slow Emergence of Form
As resonance increased, so did complexity. The oscillating quantum strings began to fragment into elementary particles—protons, neutrons, electrons—each a note in the expanding symphony of matter. Eventually, during the epoch of recombination, these particles joined to form stable atoms. The atoms gave rise to molecules, and molecules gathered into the swirling clouds of nebulae. From these nebulae, the first stars were born.
And still, the entropy was low. The universe was young, its story only beginning.
Unlike the standard Big Bang narrative, this hypothesis does not require an origin point or a rupture in the laws of physics. There is no singularity here—no paradoxical place where equations break down. Instead, the universe unfolds from a state of inert potential into an evolving dance of energy and form. It is not a bang, but a bloom.
The Ever-Expanding Balance
Even today, the “conversion of dark matter into dark energy and observable matter” continues. But these components do not mix easily. Dark matter holds galaxies together, its gravity like scaffolding beneath the stars. Meanwhile, dark energy stretches the fabric of space, pushing galaxies apart, creating superclusters and vast intergalactic voids.
Cosmologists estimate that our universe consists of roughly 68% dark energy, 27% dark matter, and less than 5% of the baryonic matter we can observe. In this view, the universe is still very young. Much of the dark matter has already transformed, but a vast cosmic reserve remains.
Entropy’s Ascent and the Fate of the Universe
As time passes and more dark matter is consumed or transformed, its structural hold will weaken. Galaxies will begin to lose cohesion. Stars will fall from their orbits. Within galactic clusters, collisions and chaos will rise. Entropy—the measure of disorder—will surge.
This cataclysmic phase, the epoch of disintegration, will see baryonic matter unravel, breaking down into more fundamental, non-baryonic quanta. The universe will grow increasingly hot and unstable.
But even this will not be the end.
The Return to Stillness
As the universe teeters on the edge of disorder, something ancient stirs. From within the quantum chaos, strings of dark energy begin to flicker in and out of existence. Slowly, these strings settle—coalescing, calming, condensing into dark matter once more.
As dark matter returns, dark energy wanes. The expansive force begins to yield. Spacetime itself, once stretching ever outward, begins to draw inward. Galaxies disappear. Heat fades. And as contraction continues, the temperature of the universe approaches absolute zero.
Then, stillness.
The cosmos returns to a dormant state—not a void, not an end, but a waiting. A field of potential, once again rich with tension and possibility.
And perhaps, after countless ages, the strings will again find resonance. A new cycle will begin.
Conclusion: Beyond the Bang
This hypothesis is not a scientific model in the traditional sense, nor a replacement for the rich mathematics of modern cosmology. It is a vision—a way of thinking that aims to address one of the greatest puzzles of all: how something comes from seemingly nothing.
By imagining a vast and inert dark field at the beginning—rather than a dimensionless singularity—we step beyond the need for impossible densities or metaphysical leaps. The universe, in this story, is not a miraculous rupture but an unfolding cycle of energy, resonance, and entropy. A breathing cosmos, forever oscillating between creation and stillness.
In the silence before time, there was potential.
In the resonance that followed, there was everything.
I’d love to know what you think of this hypothesis.
bhaskar saikia 
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