When the cosmos cooled through MeV kitchens, protons and neutrons clicked into light nuclei—predictions lock down baryon density and stress-test non-standard physics.
VortexCelest’s The Big Bang shelf gathers big ideas without burying the observables that make them testable. This article, tagged “Early universe,” spends extra time on what flickers, what lensing maps, and what survives skeptical replays.
Deuterium bottleneck drama
Until deuterium stabilizes, chains stall—timing and neutron decay set helium mass fractions astronomers still weigh in distant gas.
Lithium tensions
Standard BBN clashes with some stellar atmosphere claims—either observations, models, or particle surprises need therapy.
Cosmic baryometer
Light element abundances plus CMB cross-checks nail ordinary matter's budget, leaving most mass still incognito.
Rhetorical guardrail
Calling it 'simple' undersells thermodynamics juggling on fast-forward.
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