If before the Universe was formed there was nothing, what did it look like?

Answer 1

The beginning of the universe that we see now can be described as a singularity, think of a funnel that gets so small at the end that even a single photon cannot fit into it. Everything that is in the universe we see know had to be in the universe the instant before it began expanding. It was all just compacted together into a infinitesimal point with huge mass and energy. There was far more than nothing just everything was a lot closer together and hotter. We cannot see through the singularity and so we don't know what was happening the instant before. Maybe some day we will learn to see beyond light but for now our understanding of the universe starts at an instant after the expansion began.

Answer 2

In General Relativitiy, spacetime is treated as a continuous medium in which matter (things) reside. Your question implicitly assumes that there is only no matter (nothing/no things) without the universe. There is even less than that. There is also no space (nowhere/no where) and no time (no when). The Big Bang inflated spacetime itself. Without the BB, there is no "it" (your word) to ponder the appearance of, not even the blackness of space. As an analogy, replace matter with paint and space with canvas. Asking what a painted canvas looked like before it was painted has meaning. Asking what it looked like before the canvas was made does not.

Answer 3

There was something, How it came into being? By chance. It was probably a formless form. Beyond explanation. And meant to be like that. And it became everything. That is, there were no external forces acting on it. It was and is the intial Singularity. And it decided to experience Duality. And thats when it all started going down!

Answer 4

One of the most interesting theories, called parallel universes, is about this fact that actually our universe made when two other universes crashed with each others (just like two bubbles).
It's a completely new theory and need to know lots of science if you want to know the bases and reasons of it.

Answer 5

A lot of scientists have stated theories about what it was like, but mostly they say it was just black, perfect darkness. The big bang mostly created stars, it didn't actually create the space that the universe consists of. So, darkness is what was before the big bang.

Answer 6

It wouldn't "look" like anything since there were no photons (basic quanta of light) to strike anyone's eyes - and no eyes to see with either.

The concept of nothing, as in before the big bang, means there was no space either. But according to theories, this "nothingness" is unstable and subject to quantum fluctuations that ultimately gave rise to "something out of nothing".

Answer 7

I have very often wondered that myself - is it flat and white like a big piece of paper? Is it just gray fog? Maybe it looked like the Holodeck machine on Star Trek?

If I could go to any point in history, that would be the first place I would go - to see for myself just exactly what happened.

Peace - and thanks for this great question!

Answer 8

As many scientist suggested it was the DARK AGE of the Universe when the univese was empty.

Answer 9

The best way to describe it would be, If you have ever been in a cave, mine or a cavern, with no lights on. That's what I think it would look like...

Answer 10

yeah good question... but think about this: if the world was created by God, what did the world look like before the creation? and where did God came from???!!!