What Makes The Big Bang Theory The Most Accepted Theory?

Question

The Big Bang Theory, aTheory on the creation of the universe, and everything in it. What makes this theory the most accepted and understood?

Answer 1

1) It agrees with and was predicted by Einstein's theory of gravity which has been independently verified.

2) It explains the observed red-shifts in the light from distant galaxies and the fact that more distant galaxies have larger red-shifts.

3) It explains the distribution of light elements (Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium) in the universe.

4) It explains the Cosmic Background Radiation.

If supplemented by the inflationary scenario:

5) It explains the statistical variations in the CBR.

6) It explains the observed isotropy of the galaxy distribution.

7) It is consistent with known physics of subatomic particles.

And this is just the beginning. The specifics in each of these categories and the observations made are consistent with this description of the universe.

BTW: the Big Bang theory has *nothing* to do with evolution!!! Evolution is a *biological* theory, not a cosmological theory! Also, there is no center of expansion, like in an ordinary explosion. According to relativity, it is space itself that is expanding. THis is consistent with what we actually observe.

Answer 2

The big bang theory is ridiculous and should've been discredited YEARS ago.

Here's a question for ya....if all matter was floating around the UNIVERSE and there was an explosion that created the world...where did the UNIVERSE come from??

God created the world. That's the only answer for me.

Answer 3

I dont know about "..accepted and understood..." part but what other theories are ther?
and to April: you need to know something about a theory before you express opinion: the matter was not floating around till big bang. the big bang resulted in formation of the matter!

Answer 4

The Universe, approximately 13.7 billion years in the past The Earth exchange into formed around 4.7 billion years in the past, so it a pair of million/3 the age of the Universe. 3 considerable products of info for the so-called vast bang thought with the aid of fact the beginning of the Universe, no longer the Earth. a million. Recession of distant galaxies. word, no longer all galaxies, in basic terms the billions of distant ones. interior reach ones like M31 ( Andromeda) are drawing close or orbiting our galaxy like the Magellanic clouds. 2. average chemical composition of the Universe is approximately seventy 3% hydrogen, 25% helium and approximately 2% different aspects. This has been desperate spectroscopically. This composition exchange into expected from analyze into thermonuclear weapons and it suits the BB thought. 3. The cosmic microwave historic past exchange into expected to exist over 50 years in the past if the BB thought exchange into nicely suited. It exchange into by risk chanced on in 1964 or sixty 5 with the aid of Penzias and Wilson and has with the aid of fact been got here across to extra healthful the assumption to a fine looking degree of accuracy. there is little question that some thing like it occurred. What went on interior surely the earliest ranges although isn't definitely understood in terms of recent physics. After on the subject of the 1st a million/2 2d although issues are clearer.

Answer 5

The basic evidence includes the following:
- Edwin Hubble [for whom the Space Telescope is named] discovered that the galaxies are receding from each other, with a speed that increases uniformly with distance. This implies that galaxies were once a lot closer together than they are now. If you calculate when they were all in the same place, it comes out to be 13.6 billion years ago.
- The original explosion would have created a radiation. This radiation, called the cosmic background radiation, was discovered by Penzias et al, and got the discoverers a Nobel prize. Calculations concerning this radiation and its spectral properties indicate that it originated 13.6 billion years ago.

Answer 6

The evidence that I would use to support this idea has already been mentioned by a coulple of the answers including the mathematician's answer, but I would like to take the time to voice my opinion on another matter.

This is a science forum so all of you religious freaks, including that disgusting looking peeper lady, should voice YOUR opinion on the religion forum instead of polluting OUR forum with your nonsense. God creating everything is an explanation with NO evidence aside from the manipulated stories that were written by people who "knew" the man who claimed that he was the son of god, not even god himself. I do not doubt that Jesus lived about 2000 years ago and is responsible for the religion that these people believe in, but it DOES NOT make him the son of god. This whole GOD idea is the one that should have, and I believe is, discredited by anyone who has a moderate understanding of reality. GIVE ME A BREAK!

Answer 7

It is the only theory that makes the most logical sense in terms of evolution. Want to know what really happened? God created everything.

Answer 8

The fact that every thing in space is moving away from a central point. This basically means that everything was in one spot at one time.

Answer 9

There is no logical answer to that. The most accepted answer is God.