Before the universe?

Question

Many scientists beleive that the universe is anything between 12 and 18 billion years old. Ok then before that what did exist. Many say nothing others say maybe even another universe.
What do you think?

Answer 1

Hello there...

This is one of those questions to which there is no real answer,
just a bunch of theories and conjecture (means a lot of, " I thinks.")

However, given that almost all the stars that you can see in the night sky with your normal eyesight are part of the Milky Way
Galaxy,

and

There are thousands of other galaxies out there beyond the Milky Way with each one having billions of stars and who knows how many planets and moons.

It seems reasonable to assume that those universes existed before ours, and that some will continue to exist long after ours has imploded, or whatever might happen in 4 to 8 Billion more years. New universes will form and new solar systems will collect from materials out there in the distant space.

As amusing as this topic might be to ponder, efforts in this area
seem to me to be unproductive in that nothing meaningful can be gained from all the conjecture.

Answer 2

Very interesting even 30 billion years is just like a drop in the sea compared back into eternity.
And 100 years of our sojourn on Earth is like one drop of one molecule in the Universe compared to what our
Creator has in store for all the Believers who have acknowleged Him.
We dont know how many Heavens exist perhaps they most likely are a different frame work then the One wecall Universe. Neverthe less they are our Creator"s domain. And we have ,unfortunatley no scientific conception of what kind of substance and structures exists beyound the outskirts of our Universe. But what ever it is it must be beautifull beyond imagination.

Answer 3

The universe started with the big bang, prior to that all of existence was compressed in tiny mass. After the big bang the universe expands over time, then collapses again. I think the process probably has happened countless times. There is also the theory of parallel universes, which opens up all sorts of possibilities.

Answer 4

"Before the universe"? That does not compute. It's like asking what is the difference between a raven. I mean, the words are English, but the sentence does not make sense. The universe does not have a "before" or "after".

Answer 5

I forgot the exact number for the age so a quick web search has it in the narrower range....
This model-based age is currently 13.7 +/- 0.2 Geiga
(or billion) yr.

There are books that deal with the question of "before". The one with a title that seems pointed to answer your question is called "Before the Big Bang".

Answer 6

After seeing graphic depictions of the size of distant heavenly bodies such as Antares and Arcturus relative to our planet Earth it occurs to me that trying to imagine what is still farther 'out' is worse than trying to grab a handfull of smoke.
Our Sun is pret-ty big..agreed? A full-screen repesentation of Arcturus along with our sun - the sun would be less than a pixel here.
All this is too mind-bogling to contemplate. All we can do is wonder.

Answer 7

If every thing is expanding, eventually it will collapse and then another Big Bang. This has an will continue forever.

Answer 8

All matter, elementary particles only, crunched in one place before the Big Bang.
Before that?
No way to know.
Any answer is as good as another.

Answer 9

It's possible there was no "before" the universe. If time was created with the big bang, then you can't talk about "before" the big bang, because there was no "before".

Answer 10

Do you really think your going to find the answer here?