Ambartsumian's Greatest Insight - The Origin of Galaxies

Abstract

From simply looking at pictures of galaxies Ambartsumian realized that new galaxies were formed in ejections from old galaxies. In the ensuing 40 years, observations have supported in increasing detail his original insight. We can now empirically outline the development of compact objects emerging from the nuclei of active galaxies into young star forming galaxies and finally into aggregates of old stars.

The observations actually require galaxies to continually originate in a low particle mass plasma which has remarkably similar properties to the “superfluid” which Ambartsumian foresaw. He had the courage to present these conclusions to influential astronomers who still today reject any origin of galaxies other than in the Big Bang. In this most important subject of science, the nature of our universe, Ambartsumian's revolutionary insights are now increasingly vindicated by observation.