First there was nothing, and then it exploded. Does this explain the big bang?

Question

And what happens when all the stars move too far away and with resesion exceed the speed of light. Does everything stop existing

Answer 1

no first there was nothing, then it didn't go off, so they had to wait a while before they could relight the touch paper, then it went bang

Answer 2

One theory about the expansion of the universe (which is what i think youre asking about with the stars moving too far away) is that the universe will expand to a certain size, then will start to shrink back again. Its been three years since i did science, but i seem to recall a theory that the 'big bang' and the creation of the universe simply happened by chance, two particles floating about in nowhere, and then they just happened to collide exuding a pheominal amount of energy and creating the universe, to put it simply! What i think is that the 'universe' is expanding into the dark voids of space. Space is probably infinite (i say probably because obviously, we cant prove either way!) and the universe (ie the stars and matter etc) is expanding into this never ending space. The 'collapse' that i mention will be the result of growing gravitational pull from the centre of the universe. Ie more stars and planets are being created 'chipping in' a bit of gravitational strength. Eventually (nothing to worry about, we will have destroyed ourselves before it happens, if it happens!) the pgravitational pull will slow the growth, stop the growth, then negatise the growth! Pulling everything in to collide with everything. What happens then, theres two possibilities, either the end of the universe, or some form of life (single cell or what) will survive and evolution will begin all over again. Just some thoughts!!

Answer 3

According to Stephen Hawking, one of the smartest men alive, the reason why the Earth exists is because it exists. It may seem a paradox, but we are here now due to the fact that the perfect conditions for humanity to develop appeared somehow in some corner of the universe. The Big Bang theory is very well explained in Stephen Hawking's book From the Big Bang to Black holes and it mainly states that the Universe appeared as a consequence of an explosion of a singularity, a point in which an infinite mass was concentrated. The Universe kept expanding as a result of the primary blow, while the expansion forces were strong enough to beat gravity. According to recent proof, the balance between gravity and expansion forces has already reversed and the universe is now on its way to another singularity from which it will be born again and so on and so forth. Luckily, we will not have to worry about that too soon because there are still some a few millions of years left until our galaxy and a neighboring one will collide.

Answer 4

The Big Bang Theory

Representation of the universe according to inflationary cosmology.

The Big Bang Theory is the dominant scientific theory about the origin of the universe. According to the big bang, the universe was created sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from a cosmic explosion that hurled matter and in all directions.
In 1927, the Belgian priest Georges Lemaître was the first to propose that the universe began with the explosion of a primeval atom. His proposal came after observing the red shift in distant nebulas by astronomers to a model of the universe based on relativity. Years later, Edwin Hubble found experimental evidence to help justify Lemaître's theory. He found that distant galaxies in every direction are going away from us with speeds proportional to their distance.

The big bang was initially suggested because it explains why distant galaxies are traveling away from us at great speeds. The theory also predicts the existence of cosmic background radiation (the glow left over from the explosion itself). The Big Bang Theory received its strongest confirmation when this radiation was discovered in 1964 by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, who later won the Nobel Prize for this discovery.

Although the Big Bang Theory is widely accepted, it probably will never be proved; consequentially, leaving a number of tough, unanswered questions.

Answer 5

that is completely impossible for a whole universe to be created out of nothing. it doesn't follow the rule of - mass cannot be created or destroyed. and besides bangs only cause destruction they cannot make anything like a universe. I don't think things will stop existing if things exceeds the speed of light i mean why should things just not exist any more.

Answer 6

These questions you have are never going to be answered... because the big bang theory is the most ridiculous theory ever concocted.. why is it easier to think that a giant mass exploded into a perfect alignment... just perfect enough for a magical goo... (that just happened to be there)... to become a fish/lizard/monkey/person (in that order!) to live in the perfect living conditions and distance from the sun over the idea that an intelligent higher power created everything and perfectly aligned the planets himself? I doubt that it all just "popped" into place. But what do I know.. I'm just a "naive" Christian.

Answer 7

Dear Joe, I see you have the Christians banging on about how the big bang is a false bang because it does not contain "GOD" in the answer. The big bang is only part of the explanation. If I am to believe all that is being propounded around me, these so called Christians are blasphemous heretics, nobody, (apart from the Christians) , as far as I can see, is denying the hand of God in the creation of the Multiverse, (Check out "M" theory) these arrogant self opinionated people who need a book of Judaic fables to back any argument they come up with, seem incapable of independent thought. Just for the Christian Bigots out there in wonderland, show me scientific proof it was all created in seven days.

Don't quote to me from , "The Bible", we already know that book was put together, over three hundred years after Christ died, from passages carefully selected by a bunch of mere men, passages selected to support their own arguments about dogma and creed, a MAN MADE VERSION OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST, Roman propaganda.

I'll climb down from my soapbox now, apologies for what has turned into a bit of a rant, but these people annoy me with their hollier than thou attitude.

Answer 8

The latest theory on this is that the space that we currently occupy known as the universe is the latest in a series of contractions and explosion that have happened during the history of the universe, if this is the case then we are no closer to explaining the beggining of the universe then when stephen hawking propsed the theory of the big bang.

Answer 9

Fortunately, there was no Big Bang. There was LET there BE. and it was without a bang. It takes more faith to believe the big bang did occur than to believe God created the universe. If the big bang occurred, the gravitational pull should have been so intense the disperse material would have been sucked back within a tiny fraction of a second.

God bless you.

Answer 10

As far as I'm concerned, Craig * (the elephant nosed "naive" MORON) is the perfect proof of the Big Bang. After all, which perfect and merciful god would be creating that imperfect and horrid nose just to put it on an idiot like Craig * who puts up an egocentric, Jesus-posed image of himself while going around insulting people armed with his religious dogma? Think about it.

Answer 11

You're saying that like we all believe in The Big Bang Theory.