Before the Universe
What lies outside our space and time?
Selected family
Eternal Inflation
Speculative
Families
- 1Mathematical & StructuralSpeculative
- 2Black Hole GenesisSpeculative
- 3Quantum Tunneling OriginSpeculative
- 4Eternal InflationSpeculative
- 5Quantum Vacuum MechanismSpeculative
- 6Cyclic & Bouncing CosmologiesSpeculative
- 7Cosmological SelectionSpeculative
- 8Braneworld & the BulkSpeculative
- 9Alternatives to InflationSpeculative
- 10Time-Symmetric CosmologiesSpeculative
Shared with other chapters
- Ch. 2 The Origin of Our Universe14 shared, 13 from this chapter
- Ch. 3 The Nature of Space & Time7 shared, 2 from this chapter
- Ch. 4 A Theory of Everything2 shared, 1 from this chapter
- Ch. 5 The Dark Universe3 shared, 2 from this chapter
- Ch. 6 Black Holes5 shared, 5 from this chapter
- Ch. 7 The Fate of the Universe3 shared, 3 from this chapter
Star shape and colour: family status
- Consensus
- Strongly supported
- Frontier
- Speculative
- Fringe
- Historical
The small squares round a star are its variants. A hollow square is historical or rejected.