Compression.
The gravitational pull on itself caused the collected matter to become more and more dense. This process continued until the compression was so great and the heat so intense that it exploded.
The evidence of this explosion is the continued expansion of the contents of the universe, with objects moving outward from a single source.
Think diesel engines. There is no spark plug, it fires on compression only.
2007-04-22 12:09:36
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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Not only matter and energy but time and space came into existence at the Big Bang event.
What lit the fuse? First of all, understand that the Big Bang cannot be compared with a chemical explosion. When a bomb goes off matter and energy are rearranged. When the Big Bang happened matter and energy and time and space came into existence.
Why? Even Stephen Hawking doesn't know the why of the Big Bang. We think we know a little about what the Big Bang was but we don't know why.
If you're interested Brian Greene's book is the best literature on these matters for non-scientists.
2007-04-22 19:34:14
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answered by Anonymous
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IMO Nothing "lit the fuse" Nature is eternal mathematics which only looks like space-time. Read the pdf file in the link below.
If anything could be said to have "lit the fuse" it would be you since your existence has selected out an expanding life-permitting space-time universe from all the other mathematical universes the vast majority of which do not support life.
But yes Inflation theory states mass and energy do form after the big bang in equal and opposite amounts with negative gravitational potential energy. It is thought that the total mass-energy of our bubble universe is zero.
2007-04-22 19:09:55
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answered by Anonymous
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You assume the existence of a "fuse". We see spontaneous "explosions" all the time in the form of radioactive decay. Not knowing the exact nature of the events that resulted in the rapid expansion does not suggest it was triggered intentionally or erase the evidence it occurred.
2007-04-22 20:11:38
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answered by novangelis 7
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There is no such thing as nothing. Even 'empty' space is actually a seething froth of fundamental particles winking into existence and disappearing again. If it is true, as it appears to be, that existence is random and acausal and a matter of probability rather than determinism, then we don't need to ask what caused the universe, because it's simply a meaningless question.
2007-04-22 19:12:17
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answered by Anonymous
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Well according to M Theory it is caused by a collision in the underlying framework of two other universes.
But there isn't a definitive answer yet. Get back to me in about 50 years and I'll probably know a little more.
2007-04-22 19:08:40
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answered by Anonymous
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Energy and matter are equivalent; they can manifest as one another. That's part of the interpretation of the most famous formula in physics. As vacuums have an energy all of their own, this is not a problem.
2007-04-22 19:09:57
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answered by jtrusnik 7
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The all seeing eye on U.S. currency why?
When a person is baptized into the Christian faith they receive the holy spirit. It entwines itself into the soul and is a councilor and helper for us. To the best of my knowledge when a person plays or practices occult activities they receive a spirit of the Antichrist/Satan causing that person to fall into bondage/slavery to demonic forces/witchcraft. Do you believe that the all seeing eye is Satan and lowering the eye means to cause a unholy baptism upon humanity to enslave them like most powerful totalitarian governments/kingdoms have done throughout history? the History channel depicts two sides to the coin, the one supporting it with money the other with truth. Were some of the so called founding fathers aware of this, and why is this question feared
2007-04-22 19:11:07
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answered by Anonymous
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Why are you asking this in the religious section. If you want a very good in-depth answer go to the pysics section.
2007-04-22 19:07:32
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answered by Armund Steel 1
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Look up brane theory and pair-production as possible progenitors of the big bang.
2007-04-22 19:07:37
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answered by eri 7
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