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Yes, that's exactly what it is ... just a theory. It happens to be the theory that best

explains what we see, and best predicts new things that we find if we look for them.

But if you come up with a different theory tomorrow that's better at explaining what we

see, and better at predicting new things that we find when we look for them, then the

old theory will be thrown out, and yours will be accepted by astronomers and physicists

all over the world. That's how science works. The ball is in your court.

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