"Picturing the big bang as a mirror neatly explains many features of the universe which might otherwise appear to conflict with the most basic laws of physics," wrote Turok, who published his team's findings in the journal Annals of Physics.
"The progress we have already made convinces me that, in all likelihood, there are alternatives to the standard orthodoxy - which has become a straitjacket we need to break out of."
"Our mirror hypothesis restores the symmetry of the universe," Turok argues, indicating how it provides new insights into the imbalance between matter and anti-matter.
This 'mirror' universe moving backward in time not only complicates the existing paradigms, but may also offer more elegant solutions to fundamental cosmological questions.
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