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I believe that the Laws of Thermodynamics state:
1st Law: The total amount of mass-energy in the universe is constant.
2nd Law: The amount of energy available for work is running out, or entropy is increasing to a maximum.
So I think that there is good evidence that the universe had a beginning, and that an eternal oscillating universe does not seem very feasible.
The laws of physics break down at the Planck measurements, so there's nothing to say that the Second Law holds sway.
There's also an interesting theory that entropy can increase infinitely through multiple, separate Big Bangs.
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