Cosmology of Time: A Testable Hypothesis on How Time Creates Space Through Its Three Informational States. Dark Energy as Future, Dark Matter as Past, and Wave Function Collapse as Present

This paper proposes a testable cosmological framework in which Time creates Space through continuous information processing. The Universe is modeled as a self-regulating informational system: quantum-state collapses create the Present, expand spacetime to accommodate new Future possibilities, and accumulate classical records into the Past.

The informational content of Time is distributed across three temporal states:

• Dark Energy = Future (ΩF ≈ 70%) — uncollapsed quantum possibilities

• Baryonic Matter = Present (ΩP ≈ 5%) — active collapses

• Dark Matter = Past (ΩPA ≈ 25%) — fossilized outcomes

Each collapse transforms one possibility into actuality, generates new branches, and incrementally expands space. Black holes act as cosmic information processors, helping maintain the natural 70:25:5 balance—without requiring external fine-tuning.

Unlike ΛCDM, this model links cosmic acceleration directly to information dynamics and thermodynamic cost. It leads to four falsifiable predictions: on the dark-energy equation of state w(z), Hubble-flow anisotropies, quantum heat dissipation in lab arrays, and a gravitational-wave background detectable by LISA—all testable within the next decade.

This second preprint builds upon a previous proposal that interpreted dark energy as the thermodynamic cost of quantum information generation. That initial hypothesis, grounded in Landauer’s principle and the irreversible dynamics of wave function collapse, served as a conceptual starting point for a broader model. The present work extends that framework to reinterpret dark matter and baryonic matter as additional informational states of Time—constructing a unified, testable cosmology.

cosmology, dark energy, quantum information