2006-09-08 17:37:52 · 11 answers · asked by JWALKER 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The "Big Bang" is *only* the theory that the Universe expanded from a very small and dense state to the state we see today. It does not attempt to address the origin of the small, hot dense "primoridal atom"; this is a common misunderstanding amongst the general public. The initial push that drove the expansion in a big way early on is called "inflation" or the "Big Bang."
The period of effectively superluminal inflation (where parts of the universe receded from other parts at effective velocities greater than the speed of light) was driven by the separation of the strong force from the electro-weak force. There are descriptions of this in wikipedia. Look up "symmetry breaking", "inflationary epoch", cosmic inflation in wiki and online in general.
The "match" that started inflation was simply the basic forces of physics, the magnitude of the constants that are part of the descriptions of those forces and just run of the mill expansion and cooling. (Once the cooling reaches a certain point, the symmetry between the strong force and the electro-weak force breaks).
In otherwords the match was nature and inflation happened just because that is how the universe's natural laws are.
2006-09-09 10:19:35 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Quark 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exactly why there was a big bang, or what started it, is unknown and probably unknowable. Any cosmologist (=scientist who studies this stuff) would tell you that. This doesn't mean that "god did it" - or that "god didn't do it". It just means we don't have evidence one way or the other.
If you answer the question of "where did the universe come from" by saying some god was responsible, the obvious follow-up is "where did god come from". If you say that god always existed, that doesn't solve the origin-problem any better than saying that the universe always existed. It's fundamentally the same problem, you've just thrown in an extra step.
Anyway, the best answer available to us, based on the evidence at hand, is "I don't know". Personally I find that answer to be more satisfying and honest than spinning some fanciful tale that isn't supported by evidence.
2006-09-09 00:48:31 · answer #2 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An age-old question indeed. I believe the ignition was from an entirely different realm. People wonder why the creator(s) of this explosion never appear before us, though I see it as logic that one can't exist in something that one has not yet made. Perhaps the creator(s)' form of existance simply isn't compatible with our reality? I believe there is a perfect explanation for everything in our universe AFTER the point of the alledged 'explosion'. Everything before that had to have been from outside our realm/universe/reality all together, and there for we could never possibly explain it.
2006-09-09 00:46:14 · answer #3 · answered by daikentana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the big bang is now an obselete theory, kind of like the world being flat or the sun revolves around the earth. However join in the new craze of String Theory.
2006-09-09 00:48:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somethings just are, and it's impossible to come up with an explanation unless you were there watching it happen.
2006-09-09 00:40:24 · answer #5 · answered by rita_alabama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nasa did .
How they did it ? the usual way ..
They counted down 10, 9 , 8 , .....
2006-09-09 00:53:02 · answer #6 · answered by spaceprt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there was not one, but many of them, and more to come.
2006-09-12 18:05:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one. It just happened.
2006-09-09 00:41:36 · answer #8 · answered by schizophrenic 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
this guys
http://www.cutepiggy.com/full_disclosure_project.html
and watch how it went down
http://www.cutepiggy.com/parallel_universes
2006-09-09 00:45:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus did it...Just for you and me.
It must have been loads of fun, too!
2006-09-09 00:39:05 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋