Was the universe always here or was it born?

Question

I am asking this while looking at John Ankerberg right now.

Answer 1

That's a good question. It likely existed as different form of energy. Mass is just compressed energy.

Answer 2

Einstein first thought that it didn't have a start. Then he saw the figures of other physicists that show the universe is expanding away from a common point which indicates a beginning. So Einstein changed his stand-the mark of an open minded individual. But could he have been right with his first assertion that it didn't have a start. Under the principal of Karma, Buddhism says that there is no beginning because everything has a cause. Now think about it. If there was a beginning than something happened that didn't have a cause. Science doesn't have all of the answers so who knows what the truth is.

Answer 3

The Universe is estimated to be between fourteen and eighteen billion years old. It could not have existed always, without an inception or a potential termination, because, if that were the situation, stars would not die; their supply of hydrogen would not be consumable, but, as that is not true of anything on Earth, thus it is equally untrue for the Cosmos as a whole. Astronomers have had visual evidence of the death throes of stars, in super novas, for instance. There is an abundance of negative entropy operative in our Universe which accounts for its extreme order and projected longevity; still, over the ages the Universe will exhaust its elements and will die. Additionally, space/time commenced with the onset of the Universe, likewise indicating that it is not steady state but is evolutionary in nature.

Answer 4

That question is faulty, because it has a hidden logic bomb: There was no "before" the Universe, since spacetime is a property of the Universe and it was created [whatever exactly THIS means] AFTER the Big Bang. Since time started when the Universe already existed, the Universe has existed for longer than time and we can say it has 'always' been there. However, that was a specific, finite, definite time period, roughly fourteen thousand million years ago.

So your answer is both yes and no. Like any question dealing with physically extreme situations, we cannot depend on our everyday experience to guide us. Reality is much, much stranger than it seems.

Answer 5

The universe as we know it (with three spatial and one time dimension) inflated from an incredibly compact mysterious state of existence about 13.7 billion years ago in what is affectionately referred to as the "Big Bang".

"before" and "beyond" type questions are ubiquitous in this forum. Although it can be meaningfully speculated as to what the underlying nature of reality is that could have such things inflate into being, it is generally not considered meaningful to ponder what happened "before" the BB (a time order inquiry) since the space-time metric itself inflated then. And, speculations as to what is "beyond" the universe are moot since, finite or otherwise, there is no boundary for anything to be beyond in the first place.

Answer 6

Everything starts somewhere. The universe had to have been born. Nothing is eternal, except for space and time.

Answer 7

I don't know who Ackerburg is, but yes, our universe began in a singularity and expanded from there in the big bang. This was 13.7 billion years ago.

Answer 8

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
I believe that answers your question.

Answer 9

God made it.Read the book of Genesis.

Answer 10

God said He "spoke" it into being.