Crucial tests in cosmology

Abstract

We discuss here a few basic tests of cosmological models which are potentially able to disprove the big bang paradigm. These include (a) the search for blueshifts, (b) the search for very old stars, (c) the identification of baryonic dark matter, (d) precise determinations of light nuclear abundances, and (e) the confirmation of anomalous redshifts. We will also discuss how the quasi-steady state model is expected to behave in this tests.