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A comparison of the merits of five general theories for the origin of galaxies and large-scale structure in the Universe with 38 observational constraints from extragalactic astronomy produces no clear winner. Two theories, cold dark matter in an inflationary cosmology and baryonic dark matter in a low-density Universe, emerge slightly ahead of the pack.
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Peebles, P., Silk, J. A cosmic book of phenomena. Nature 346, 233–239 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/346233a0
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