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You’re absolutely right that the Hubble tension exposes a deep inconsistency in our cosmological model. But in the book: The Death of the Dark Energy Idea, I argue that the tension isn’t a mystery at all once you look at the underlying assumption both methods rely on: the standard model’s interpretation of photons and the CMBR.

The book points out that the so-called Hubble tension arises because early-universe methods (Planck’s CMBR measurements giving ~67 km/s/Mpc) and late-universe methods (Cepheid variables + Type Ia supernovae giving ~72–74 km/s/Mpc) should agree if they are tracing the same phenomenon. Instead, they differ by 5–6 km/s/Mpc — a discrepancy large enough that cosmologists now call it “one of the biggest unsolved problems in physics.”

But it’s only unsolved if you assume the CMBR really is a relic from a recombination event 380,000 years after a Big Bang. My argument is: that event never happened.

The CMBR interpretation is built on the model that photons are transverse electromagnetic waves whose redshift is produced by an expanding spacetime. If that assumption is wrong, then building an entire early-universe framework on it guarantees contradictions later on.

In my book I explain that the apparent expansion — the inferred recession speeds of distant galaxies — is a misinterpretation of photon behavior, not evidence of the universe stretching. If photons are instead modeled as longitudinal compression waves, their density and inertial components naturally map onto what we perceive as a transverse EM profile. In that framework, redshift is a built-in dispersive property of the wave, not a geometric stretching of space.

Once you correct the photon model, the Hubble tension vanishes — the two methods disagree because they are solving two different problems. One is trying to extract cosmic expansion from a phenomenon that has nothing to do with expansion, and the other is measuring real astrophysical distances. The mismatch isn’t a crisis; it’s a clue that the foundation was wrong.

That’s why I argue the Hubble tension isn’t a window into new physics — it’s a symptom of an old mistake.

A provocative thesis from The Death of the Dark Energy Idea argues that dark energy may be an artifact of how we’ve mischaracterized photons themselves.

In the standard cosmological model, photons are treated as transverse electromagnetic waves. To explain the cosmological redshift, this model requires the expansion of spacetime—stretching the wave crests apart as the universe grows. Thus, the entire concept of “accelerating expansion” (and by extension, dark energy) arises as a geometric necessity of the transverse-wave assumption.

The book proposes a striking alternative: photons as longitudinal compression waves. In this framework, redshift emerges naturally from the wave’s own dispersive behavior, without invoking a stretching universe. And interestingly, when the density and motion components of a longitudinal wave are mapped over time, they produce the apparent sinusoidal electric and magnetic field variations of a classical transverse electromagnetic wave. In other words, the traditional transverse profile may simply be the observable projection of deeper longitudinal dynamics. This reinterpretation replaces cosmic expansion with an intrinsic mechanical process within the photon itself — no need to invoke the idea of dark energy to explain anything.

To support a compressible aether model, the author also reexamines the Higgs mechanism.

According to mainstream theory, mass arises as particles interact with the Higgs field—an invisible medium mediated by the Higgs boson. But the author notes that this “field-interaction” picture effectively describes what would occur in any reactive, compressible medium. If matter resides within a dynamic aether, similar resistance and mass effects would arise without requiring an exotic scalar field.

From this angle, the Higgs mechanism might actually be indirect evidence for an underlying compressible aether. In that case, the Higgs field could represent a complex mathematical abstraction of a much simpler physical reality—a mechanical medium that generates inertia and structure.

The discussion extends to two-photon physics, where high-energy gamma interactions produce electron-positron pairs. Here, electrons are modeled as vortical density structures, positrons as standing-wave formations—offering a wave-based ontology for matter creation and annihilation that resonates with quantum field observations but restores intuitive mechanical causation.

A provocative thesis from The Death of the Dark Energy Idea argues that dark energy may be an artifact of how we’ve mischaracterized photons themselves.

In the standard cosmological model, photons are treated as transverse electromagnetic waves. To explain the cosmological redshift, this model requires the expansion of spacetime—stretching the wave crests apart as the universe grows. Thus, the entire concept of “accelerating expansion” (and by extension, dark energy) arises as a geometric necessity of the transverse-wave assumption.

The book proposes a striking alternative: photons as longitudinal compression waves. In this framework, redshift emerges naturally from the wave’s own dispersive behavior, without invoking a stretching universe. And interestingly, when the density and motion components of a longitudinal wave are mapped over time, they produce the apparent sinusoidal electric and magnetic field variations of a classical transverse electromagnetic wave. In other words, the traditional transverse profile may simply be the observable projection of deeper longitudinal dynamics. This reinterpretation replaces cosmic expansion with an intrinsic mechanical process within the photon itself — no need to invoke the idea of dark energy to explain anything.

To support a compressible aether model, the author also reexamines the Higgs mechanism.

According to mainstream theory, mass arises as particles interact with the Higgs field—an invisible medium mediated by the Higgs boson. But the author notes that this “field-interaction” picture effectively describes what would occur in any reactive, compressible medium. If matter resides within a dynamic aether, similar resistance and mass effects would arise without requiring an exotic scalar field.

From this angle, the Higgs mechanism might actually be indirect evidence for an underlying compressible aether. In that case, the Higgs field could represent a complex mathematical abstraction of a much simpler physical reality—a mechanical medium that generates inertia and structure.

The discussion extends to two-photon physics, where high-energy gamma interactions produce electron-positron pairs. Here, electrons are modeled as vortical density structures, positrons as standing-wave formations—offering a wave-based ontology for matter creation and annihilation that resonates with quantum field observations but restores intuitive mechanical causation.

A provocative thesis from The Death of the Dark Energy Idea argues that dark energy may be an artifact of how we’ve mischaracterized photons themselves.

In the standard cosmological model, photons are treated as transverse electromagnetic waves. To explain the cosmological redshift, this model requires the expansion of spacetime—stretching the wave crests apart as the universe grows. Thus, the entire concept of “accelerating expansion” (and by extension, dark energy) arises as a geometric necessity of the transverse-wave assumption.

The book proposes a striking alternative: photons as longitudinal compression waves. In this framework, redshift emerges naturally from the wave’s own dispersive behavior, without invoking a stretching universe. And interestingly, when the density and motion components of a longitudinal wave are mapped over time, they produce the apparent sinusoidal electric and magnetic field variations of a classical transverse electromagnetic wave. In other words, the traditional transverse profile may simply be the observable projection of deeper longitudinal dynamics. This reinterpretation replaces cosmic expansion with an intrinsic mechanical process within the photon itself — no need to invoke the idea of dark energy to explain anything.

To support a compressible aether model, the author also reexamines the Higgs mechanism.

According to mainstream theory, mass arises as particles interact with the Higgs field—an invisible medium mediated by the Higgs boson. But the author notes that this “field-interaction” picture effectively describes what would occur in any reactive, compressible medium. If matter resides within a dynamic aether, similar resistance and mass effects would arise without requiring an exotic scalar field.

From this angle, the Higgs mechanism might actually be indirect evidence for an underlying compressible aether. In that case, the Higgs field could represent a complex mathematical abstraction of a much simpler physical reality—a mechanical medium that generates inertia and structure.

The discussion extends to two-photon physics, where high-energy gamma interactions produce electron-positron pairs. Here, electrons are modeled as vortical density structures, positrons as standing-wave formations—offering a wave-based ontology for matter creation and annihilation that resonates with quantum field observations but restores intuitive mechanical causation.