What created the matter that makes up the universe according to the big bang?

Question

what happened before the big Bang? how did the matter get to where it is? if the matter always existed, then what happened during the infinite amount of time before the big bang?

i absolutly refuse to accept that somethingness can be created from nothingness, and dont use god to answer the question either

Answer 1

Some theories hold that ther have been a series of Big Bangs followed 40 billion years later by a 'pooped out' universe that collapses into a point and then the next Big Bang happens.

To be sure, nobody has the foggiest idea. Which is why a lot opf physicists are comfortable with the idea that God 'snapped His fingers" to produce the energy that kicked off the Big Bang. Works for me.

Answer 2

We simply dont know... the laws of physics break down the closer you go backwards in recreating the big bang. We can only guess about the nature of the universe at about .001 second after the bang.

As far as the infinite amount of time beforehand - there was no time before (unless of course there was another universe then) because no space = no time, you cant have one without the other - as far as we know.

One possible theory is that the universe expands and contracts, ending and beginning with a new big bang - we still have a long way to proving this though.

Until science can peer further backwards, we are only left with philosophy and religion to answer. Sorry, im not a religious guy, but this is an area that may cross-over into it.

Answer 3

Um...look, I have asked that question too, but for obvious reasons, or what should be obvious reasons, there is absolutely no provable answer for it. And no, not even "God", because that answer only begs the question "where did God come from".

In any case, we live inside the post big bang universe, and there is absolutely no known way to measure anything before that event. Nor any but the most theoretical stabs on what conditions were like at the moment of the Big Bang. There is a theory that the universe expands and collapses back into itself, then is reborn with another Big Bang and another and another. But of course even if that is true, it still doesn't answer where/how it all started. Nor really do I think the human mind can truly comprehend such an answer. You are butting right up against the impossibility of infinity/eternity. So its a fair question, but an impossible one. The difficulty you are running into goes far beyond mere constructs like the Big Bang or God.

Answer 4

Well interestingly enough the Big Bang doesn't and can't explain where the original material question is. The Big Bang Theory is merely a proposed explaination as the observed "red shift" (showing that the universe is currently expanding). While there are logical flaws with the entire premise of the Big Bang, none are bigger than the fact that there is no possible way to explain where original matter came from. So the problem with your question is that reality itself is a paradox and no matter what you start with you can always ask the question "where did that come from" this in and of itself is probably the most compelling evidence for a God of some sort because there simply is no finite solution to the question of existance.

Answer 5

This is a great question, but frankly there can never be an exact answer.

First off, the "Big Bang" is a theory based on Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems which assume that Einstein's General Relativity theory is correct. Many models have shown that relativity breaks down before Planck's temperature can be reached.

This does not bean that the "Big Bang" is wrong it means that there is not an appropriate model to determine how all the matter in the universe could exist in one small point. And until we are capable of determining how the “Big Bang” could happen, we cannot possibly have any scientific basis for knowing what occurred prior to that event.

Alternative theories are that the universe is expanding, but the center of gravity for the universe has not been found. Theoretically, it could be possible that a point of creation could exist where all planets accelerate at different rates from. However at our point of observation, these differences would be insignificant due to our distance from the point of origin. This theory assumes Einstein's General Relativity, however has a unique advantage of not requiring all the planets to exist in one point at one time.

Answer 6

Hello Bronze:

You know it tickles the BeJeasus out of me to hear you ask everyone in here what existed before the beginning of everything. I mean really, do you expect to get some kind of flash of light, or secret insight into the creation from the man on the street in Yahoo Answers. Come on now... Nobody was alive then to witness any of it, and hand you written testimony from what they saw, or heard...That was billions of years ago.
So EVERY answer you receive will be a Guess, a Theory, a
Joke, or some Religious Myth.

To debate where it all came from is pointless and resolves nothing. It is futile and a total waste of everyone's time. Next you will sit there and ask, well, what will happen after the end of everything. Get real. Study and learn about things which are learnable, attainable, reachable, and provide some satisfaction. There is no answer to your question, and it doesn't sound like you would accept one if there was.

Answer 7

We purely dont comprehend... the guidelines of physics harm down the nearer you pass backwards in recreating the vast bang. we can in basic terms guess on the subject of the character of the universe at approximately .001 2d after the bang. as some distance because of the fact the infinite quantity of time earlier - there replaced into no time before (till of direction there replaced into yet another universe then) because of the fact no area = no time, you cant have one with out the different - so some distance as all of us comprehend. One attainable concept is that the universe expands and contracts, ending and beginning with a sparkling vast bang - we nonetheless have an prolonged thank you to proving this nevertheless. till technology can peer further backwards, we are in basic terms left with philosophy and faith to respond to. Sorry, im no longer a non secular guy, yet this may well be an area that could pass-over into it.

Answer 8

How about there was never a beginning or an end. If you look into a electron microscope ,you see mini planets (atoms) with electrons orbiting. If you look through a telescope you see stars with planets orbiting.
You may notice a "cycle". When we die we go to compost and other things live off of the nutrients our decaying bodys produce. In that since we never are eliminated; only our concious being.
If you notice land eroding into the Ocean & volcanos erupting you can see the cycle of erosion & new land being born. One isn't possible without the other.
If you look at the weather's sphere, you will notice rain or percipatation falling, hitting the ground but raising as steam when the sun effects the water to evaporate. You see the cycle?
One more example. Notice boiling water in a pan. How it rolls. Relitively cooler water sinks as the warmer water rises, causing the rolling effect.

Now apply that to the universe. A star has accumilated enough matter & gases that the weight of that matter causes an ignition. When that star burns out, it becomes inert but there is enough mass to keep it a planet.
As the planet grows in size by it's gravatational force attracting space dust, smaller planets & asteroids, eventually it will get to the size of mass & enough gases where it will turn into a star again.

Answer 9

Some say that there were actually 4 "big bangs". The last one being the largest and most powerful. Dark matter is what you are referring to and i don't think any one is quite sure where it originated from. Only speculations and unproven theories. I am not an anti-god nut or any thing, but one would have to be naive to believe that an all powerful, invisible, being (with no origin either) created all this.

Answer 10

I like the answer Zahbudar gave you. Trying to understand what happen before time itself begun is an exercise in futility.