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.
2006-07-27 07:55:41
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answer #1
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answered by Guyanese Goddess 2
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There is a wide agreement among scientists that the universe had a beginning. Most agree that before that beginning, something real must have existed. Some scientists talk about ever-existing energy. Others postulate a primordial chaos as the preexisting condition. Whatever terms are used, most presuppose the existence of something - something without a beginning - that extended back infinitely.
So the issue comes down to whether we presuppose some 'thing' eternal or some 'one' eternal. After considering what science has learned about the order and design of the universe and life, I know which alternative seems more reasonable to me.
2006-07-27 15:07:49
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answered by Frax 4
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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.
2006-07-27 19:33:49
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answered by mabus 1
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Well, me, i think that it was just an infinite loop of the universe expanding and collapsing
once the universe totally collapses
the end of every world and star happens
then it bounces back out and expands
thats when the worlds and stars start over
and this will keep happening over and over again
2006-07-27 17:49:16
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answered by Eng 5
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who knows!! and even if there was a God to create it.. where did he come from?? i recon it was the big band but that it happend due to an exploding supernovea... ie a big star died.. exploded... then the bits regathered and made the solar system... i recon at the start there was one big massive rock.. filling one third of all space.. and it repeatedly exploded and regrouped making millions of spaces, millions of galaxies, billions of stars, trillions of rocky planets and every thing!! until here we are!!
lol.. who knows where the big massive rock.. and the entire universe came from.... probably the same place that god person people are obsessed with came from!
2006-07-27 16:54:04
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answered by Anonymous
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The answer is inside you. Just shut up, close your eyes and search for the answer. I mean, we all came from somewhere in this universe. I am sure there is a data collection center located deep in your astral pysche. Just try and find it. I am doing likewise too.
2006-07-27 19:23:14
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answered by Anonymous
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I need some coffee cos you are so awesome... i cant keep up.
as for a question ..its bollocks mate.
Live long and prosper..."Warp 10 and don't spear the horses.!!"
2006-07-27 14:59:59
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answered by Anonymous
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Its sum1's little experiment.Makes more sense than saying some bloke who looks wise and has a beard made it.
2006-07-27 14:56:08
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answered by tunachunks199 1
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Don't know.
Don't need to have an answer until Scientists figure it out.
2006-07-27 14:55:41
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answered by mykidsRmylife 4
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the big bang i think is the scientific explanation.
2006-07-27 14:53:38
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answered by Carrie 4
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