The case for the relativistic hot Big Bang cosmology

@article{Peebles1991TheCF,
  title={The case for the relativistic hot Big Bang cosmology},
  author={P J E Peebles and David N. Schramm and Edwin Lewis Turner and Richard G. Kron},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1991},
  volume={352},
  pages={769-776}
}
The relativistic hot Big Bang model for the expanding Universe has yielded a set of interpretations and successful predictions that substantially outnumber the elements used in devising the theory, with no well-established empirical contradictions. It is reasonable to conclude that this standard cosmology has developed into a mature and believable physical model. 
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