2006-09-08 04:21:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do not know about "people" but the subject is very much alive.
Next year the Large Hadron Collider a 27 kilometre long circular particle accelerator at the CERN experimental facility near Geneva will smash protons into each other at unimaginable speeds trying to replicate in miniature the events of the Big Bang.
Two new radio telescopes are coming on line to look back as far as they can to capture the light from as far back as possible. This will allow scientists to track the velocity and vectors of galaxies and stars and therefore in theory track everything backwards by computer to the origin of the big bang.
All three projects cost vast amounts of money and take years to think up and design, then years to build. When they start up discoveries will be made and new insights gained but it will take years of observation and research to give real understanding.
This research is important in order to understand what will happen in the future. Will the universe continue to expand? Will it implode? Understanding of the big bang should also bring new insight into particle physics and many related sciences. This will produce information that will lead to the survival of the human race.
2006-09-08 04:38:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have not lost interest ... but "the interest" is in varied areas .. "astrophysicists and quantum particle colliders " are two areas of interest ... "Mysticism is the other" .. likely there are more ... as I feel "the can of worms" here is too big to address... I'll touch one part...
The energy levels reached in particle collisions (which mirror those of primary matter conditions - say 10 times 10 to the negative eleventh power of a second within the Bang) have large potentials for clean energy ... If we ever harness "cold fusion" .. It would make all the energy we need with zero poisonous and radioactive byproducts ...
2006-09-08 09:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by gmonkai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't ... I happen to find the subject very interesting and tend to turn to books that incorporate quantum theory into their theories of the origin of the Universe. A great book to read regarding this is 'Stalking the Wild Pendulum' by Izthak Bentov.
Blessings and Light!
~RW
2006-09-08 04:24:12 · answer #3 · answered by Phoenix's Mommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is a God, and I beleive there is. Then he was probably around to see the universes origin. If he did see it, then I beleive God would want to pass that info. on to us by means of literature or something(bible). I am very interested in the origin of the universe because of this. This is a fundamental quest that one should not take lightly, because al of eternity may rest on it. That is why I invite every one to watch the downloads to my source below.
2006-09-08 04:33:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, not at all. Why? ..???
What do you mean why? What was the power behind Sir I. Newton to think of a simple phenomenon? What compelled Galileo to take risk of his own life but to study the night sky?
Its the curiosity what God has given to man, to explore his creations. There is nothing IMPORTANT. But man lives only to explore. To widen his/her knowledge.
2006-09-08 04:33:03 · answer #5 · answered by arnab 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty much convinced the universe is expanding to get away from us.
2006-09-08 04:28:31 · answer #6 · answered by tearsofepiphany 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never really cared.
It never was important to me.
I still don't care.
I leave that to others.
2006-09-08 04:27:21 · answer #7 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most could care less .i for one believe in that it was a big bang ,god said it and bang it happened
2006-09-08 04:27:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps, because it's no really all that important.
2006-09-08 04:26:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We learn where we came from, it's exciting
2006-09-08 04:33:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋