2006-09-03 16:53:31 · 10 answers · asked by TheSilence 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
All the matter in the universe was together in a tiny space?
2006-09-03 17:24:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the "smartest physicists" agree that this question is nonsensical. They theorize that time started with the Big Bang - therefore the term "before" has no meaning whatsoever.
2006-09-04 00:08:11 · answer #2 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the big bang is the result of a collapsing universe, before the big bang, there was another universe, which started with a previous big bang, it grew, until it could not expand any further, and started to collapse, until all of the matter it consisted of was smaller than a single atom, and a second (or perhaps the billionth) big bang occurred.
basically, the universe is a cycle of bangs, expantions, and collapses.
2006-09-03 23:57:21 · answer #3 · answered by sobrien 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asking what was before the Big Bang is really like asking who was here before the first god. No one can really know.
2006-09-04 00:03:24 · answer #4 · answered by a1mathguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hawking said this: "Asking what came before the Big Bang is like asking, 'What is north of the North Pole?'"
2006-09-03 23:59:10 · answer #5 · answered by Keiron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this might be hard to fathom, but there was no before the big bang. time did not even exist yet.
2006-09-04 00:01:16 · answer #6 · answered by abcdefghijk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The short answer is that there was no "before", because time and space both began at that instant.
2006-09-04 00:01:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only Sobrien is right. Hindus solved the riddle thousand of years ago. There are what are known as,
SRISHTI, STHITI AND LAYA OCCURRING AD INFINITUM
2006-09-04 00:30:44 · answer #8 · answered by cheyuta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The singularity. M theory.
2006-09-04 00:41:56 · answer #9 · answered by Brin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing - no time - no before
2006-09-03 23:55:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋