“The assumption that dark matter and regular matter originated in the same event, the Big Bang, is natural, given its simplicity. That is why it remained unchallenged for so long," Ilie said. "However, nature does not need to be parsimonious, abide by Occam’s razor, or by any of our aesthetic preferences."

Researchers have proposed a new model that suggests dark matter originated during the infinitesimally short span before the Big Bang.

A team of researchers has proposed an innovative model suggesting that dark matter might have originated before the Big Bang.