This theory proposes that galaxies are continuously moving farther apart from each other while maintaining a constant spatial density. As older galaxies move away, new galaxies form from new matter that is continuously created to replace the old galaxies. The theory was originally proposed by Harman Boudi and Thomas Gold and later expanded on by Belgian astronomer and priest Abbe Georges Lemaitre, who suggested that the universe began from an extremely dense state that exploded, spreading fragments that formed into galaxies and stars and have continued expanding since.