Something that puzzles me about the universe.?

Question

If the universe originally formed a hot dense plasma then what created this plasma in the first place? How can something be created of nothing?

Answer 1

The underlying assumption in your question is that there was "nothing" before the Big Bang. Quantum mechanics now thinks of "nothing" as a "stew" of constantly appearing and disappearing particles and quanta. Our physics depends on the present universe, and can't go back before the singularity that is the Big Bang. Membranes have been proposed in a way that explains the Big Bang, but requires the existence of up to 11 dimensions (string theory is almost as bad) and requires the creation of almost or completely unlimited universes, the qualities and physics of which cannot be rigorously mathematically defined - not to mention requiring an infinte amount of energy and matter. Membranes cannot be tested experimentally. All we know at the moment is that it happened, and we just found out about dark matter and strange energy that were also created at the same time. We will undoubtedly learn more about what happened at the Big Bang and maybe we will at some point know enough to be able to reconstruct what happened leading up to it, but branes are suspiciously ad hoc.

Answer 2

Knavish tinkerers like Ronin came together in a hot dense plasma for the purpose of avoiding real work. You see, if such foolishness acheives the status of legitimacy with "lesser minds", they have instantly secured a free lunch, and may go about their tinkering with a contented belly.

Answer 3

Until recently we had a problem with the instant of the big bang, in that math worked fine up to that instant but went to hell when trying to define the universe prior to the singularity that created this universe. Then someone added the 11th dimension (The membrane dimension) & now things fit together. Basically two "branes" briefly crashed together & created this universe... theory sez they have briefly clashed many times & created many alternative universes with many different laws of physics. Some have matter others do not as the theory goes. If you really have an intrest in knowing this, I have included a starting point for referance.

Answer 4

Nothing needs to have created it; matter and energy have always been present in the universe, it's just that "always" isn't infinitely far back in time.

Time started at the Big Bang, just like space did. According to the theory of General Relativity, If you had a time machine and headed back in time, then as you passed the Big Bang, you would be going forward in time again, without having changed directions, exactly like if you stated walking north today, then as you passed the north pole you would be walking south again without having changed directions.

Asking what happened before the Big Bang is a lot like asking what is north of the north pole.

Answer 5

Nothing can be created of nothing. I think that the universe has always existed and will continue to exist forever. It is eternal. The mere imagination of the beginning or the end of space-time leads to irresolvable contradictions. When did the time begin? Where does the space end? These questions are philosophically impossible to answer.

Answer 6

The simple answer is we don't know yet.

We only discovered the the universe is expanding about 70 years ago. It took us thousands of years to get to that point. Give us a little more time to work on it.

Answer 7

all things come from the void which is nothing materially but potentially everything.that is also how your everyday life is created.the only matter that you see is that which your attitude of acceptance will allow you to see and know.it is a concept based in unlimitedness.

Answer 8

nobody knows.