What happened to create the Big Bang? How can something come from nothing?

Answer 1

Read up on the "M-Theory" or the Superstring theory. An excellent program can be found at:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html

Watch it in it's entirety, or only the parts that interest you. More over, depending on where your beliefs lie, there are many different answers to your questions. I think the M-Theory may be on to something, however they have a lot of work yet to do. It appears though that the Buddhists could have been the closest yet.

Answer 2

Something cannot come from nothing. Physicists explain the "big bang" as a fluctuation in the primordial vacuum. The primordial vacuum is the state that existed before matter existed, and before time existed. The "vacuum" is not "nothing". It is the state in which sub-atomic particles are constantly "bubbling" into and out-of existence. The fluctuation was the chance event of the appearance of enough particles to remain "outside" the vacuum.

Answer 3

its a little like pulling a rabit out of a hat, no?
without a rabbit, without a hat and without a magician

who pulled the trigger...hmmm.... every effect has a cause... so
in some way perhaps the big bang is a leap into irrationality

some people feel the big bang will be abandomed in the 21st century, there are too many problems with it and the theory not very useful

I like the theories of Russ Humphrey's in Starlight and Time
I also like Halton Arp's view of quasars and
Carnelies relativistic expaination of why galaxies spin so fast without the need for col dark matter

Answer 4

I don't remember the something coming from nothing part of big bang theory. Big bang theory is based on expansion, for something to expand it needs to exist, even a vacuum is not empty.

but what is nothing, does nothing really exist?

Maybe nothing is an infinite source of energy.

Answer 5

What "Wax Crayon" said, but there is now also the idea of "membranes" (M-Theory) that are not static and are always in a state of flux; when to membranes come into contact, a singularity is formed and a universe potential derived... or at least that is how I've come to understand it. M-theory is the leading GUTS theory "out there" as it accounts for Superstring Theory as well. Just some for you to Google or Yahoo search.

Answer 6

That one, we shall probably never know. But it's a great one to think over when there's nothing else to do!!! LOL

You could take a look at my blog explaination of the start of things if you like. The entry called, In the Very Begining.
Don't think it really explains this totally, but the best I could come up with so far!!!

Answer 7

The same way this question came to you, the Big Bag came to the universe. Sometimes "things" just happens. Cornelius Castoriadis says that creation ex nihilo (from nothing) it´s possible. Maybe I´m not answering your question, but at least it´s an answer.

Answer 8

A split in the space time continuum was the cause which resulted in an infinite (or at least horrendous) amount of energy being released.... when matter and anti-matter collide.. You all can call it the Big Bang, i refer to it as the Horrendous Kablooie....

Answer 9

The big bang happened in bed between ur mom and dad

Answer 10

if you believe like i do that something had to trigger it all you have to believe that out of the absolute nothing something had to come out simply because the big nothing was some kind of life in itself in some respect.