I've heard that not only are galaxies moving away from each other but that they are accelerating!
2006-08-02 02:03:54 · 14 answers · asked by antony272b2 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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.
2006-08-02 02:11:39 · answer #1 · answered by TOMMY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U are totally right about the Big Bang still happening, or at least the effects are still here. The galaxies are moving away from each other, from the big explosion that happened 6 billion years ago. So u are toltally right.
2006-08-02 09:12:22 · answer #2 · answered by Wisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Awesome Universe—Where Did It Come From?
~ What the Big Bang Explains - What It Doesn't <<<<<
~ So Mysterious, yet So Beautiful
~ 'Something is Missing' - What?
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1996/1/22/awesome_universe.htm
2006-08-02 15:17:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the Big Bang is still going on and one day in a zillion years the process will reverse and retract in on it's self.
thus destroying everything making all effort futile.Kind of Nihilistic. You should look into super string theory it explains a lot about multiple universes and how they could be interconnected. I don't think it explains everything. Because as a human our mind cannot understand all that is required, due to our lack of dimensional comprehension beyond the seventh dimension.
But it is a good start.
2006-08-02 09:40:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The big bang is over, but the effects are still there - Yes you have heard correct according to theory !
2006-08-02 09:07:55 · answer #5 · answered by R G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as the "Big Bang".
God created the Heavens and the Earth.
2006-08-02 09:09:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this can be seen een by the Doppler effect. The universe is still expanding.
2006-08-02 09:08:18 · answer #7 · answered by cosmo5847060 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it is. God speaks, and Bang! It happens
2006-08-02 09:10:13 · answer #8 · answered by Dawg Vader 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
No, it happened once and in few seconds the bang happened...
Karl
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2006-08-02 09:22:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've studied this in my Intro to Astronomy course. It is proven fact that this is happening.
2006-08-02 09:52:10 · answer #10 · answered by Elizabeth S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋