and that point itself had no beginning..then the universe is eternal and had no beginning. and if it did have a beginning what was going on before it began???
eternity nothing etertinty nothing eternity nothing eternity nothing eternity nothing eternity nothing eternity nothing eternity nothing eternity nothing eternity nothing eternity nothing, condensed point Big Bang beginning and so on
thats very strange
2006-09-07 16:47:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
the big bang was the entire universe, and everywhere in the universe was once the big bang. the universe is four-dimensional, but if you can imagine a two-dimensional version then it seems to be something like the surface of a sphere. it is this surface that is expanding. the universe is of finite size yet has no center and no edge.
read these:
http://universeadventure.org/
http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=0009F0CA-C523-1213-852383414B7F0147
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni.html
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmo_01.htm
2006-09-07 20:25:05 · answer #1 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How the singularity (that condensed point) appeared is an enigma, don't feel bad, nobody knows. Saint Augustine once said: "before creation, there existed a hell for those who raised such questions"!
There is a very interesting book called The Big Bang by Joseph Silk, Head of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, published in 2001. He concludes "For now, however, we must reluctantly admit that big bang theory is not complete: it lacks a beginning, and we cannot yet confidently predic its ending".
2006-09-08 00:04:38 · answer #2 · answered by jorge f 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Einstein made a point (or so I have been told) that might help you think of it another way. He says that time does not truly exist.
It's just a perception of the universe. A sort of illusion of measuring from A to B to C. That's why it doesn't fit around something as big as the Big Bang.
Maybe the universe is the same way. There is no beginning or end, it's just one enormous moment that feels like different moments but is actually apart of one massive unit...
2006-09-08 00:10:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a very strange Universe, Chevato.
But, since time itself didn't exist before the 'Big Bang', the question of what was there 'before' is a very poor one.
Doug
2006-09-07 23:50:46 · answer #4 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you look at the M-Brane theory then you would find that two membranes collided and at the point of collision created the Universe as we know it. All of the energy, gravity, etc was refocused to our Universe in that moment. Therefore the gravity and energy we have in our Universe is residue from higher dimentions.
2006-09-08 13:30:14 · answer #5 · answered by Prince Auggie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was no point. All existence began at the moment of the Big Bang.
2006-09-07 23:54:49 · answer #6 · answered by shmux 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth is stranger than fiction.
If it's too hot, get out of the kitchen.
The total of energy, which is positive, and gravity, which is negative, is zero. So it's still nothing, just in a different form.
Comprende amigo?
2006-09-07 23:55:20 · answer #7 · answered by fresh2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is all strange to us and we'll probably never know but isn't it cool to keep wondering and trying to wrap our minds around it?
2006-09-07 23:54:45 · answer #8 · answered by ginarene71 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe is not just stranger than you ever imagined, it is stranger than you CAN imagine.
2006-09-08 00:44:58 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋