is the big bang real?

Question

di it really happen

Answer 1

As "Apollo31" said, it's the theory some scientists and atheists prefer. It's a belief system, a kind of alternate religion to try to exclude God as creator, because thinking of God is troubling for some minds.

Big Bang has no scientific proof beyond any doubt, it's a theory with a lot of unanswered questions. It's not more credible than the story of Genesis where we can find the other explanation of how the existence of the universe, the solar system and mankind started. The story of Genesis can not be shown as untrue by science - in the same way as science can not prove the existence or absence of God.
So both the Big Bang theory and the creation by God are things you either believe or reject.
To label one belief as "scientific" and the other as "unscientific" is not based on honest scientific facts. It's more today's trend to believe new theories - theories that may contradict new astrophysical discoveries in the near future.

Answer 2

Yes. Here's how we know.

In the 1930s the Steady State Theory was the main theory and the Big Bang was a crazy idea. A Big Bang scientist said, if it was real, we should be able to see the afterglow of the Big Bang as microwave radiation with a temperature of 3K.

In the 1950s some electrical engineers were studying static. They found static that seemed to be coming from everywhere. Microwaves. They were discussing it with some physicists one day. The physicists asked the temperature of the microwaves. 3K. The physicists told the engineers they had just discovered the beginning of the Universe (later the engineers got the Nobel Prize for this).

A few scientists tried to keep Steady State going by coming up with an explanation of the 3K radiation. Then someone pointed out that the radiation should have very tiny ripples in it, irregularities which formed the stars.

They built a satellite to measure the radiation precisely. It couldn't be done from Earth. The satellite found the ripples, exactly as predicted.

That clinched it. The Big Bang happened. But science has no answer for why it happened. If someone says a Higher Power did it, One who watches over us today, nothing in science says they're wrong.

Answer 3

Its currently the best theory to fit all observations to date:
- the WMAP cosmic microwave background
- observations of very distant objects from the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes
- mathematical calculations on the distances to other galaxies
- observational evidence of distant supernovas that supports theories within the "inflationary" theory (the Big Bang is part of that theory)

So while we don't KNOW if it happened or not, it explains most of the observed things we see now. The theory predicted certain things before we had observational evidence that later proved those things to be correct.

There are still some questions about some of the details within the Big Bang event, but the overall theory (so far) is supported by current observational evidence.

Answer 4

I subscribe to the "Big Bang" theory but with a slightly different view of what the "Big Bang" was actually caused by.

The original "Big Bang" theory posits the Universe at one time had all the matter and energy we now perceive concentrated into a tiny spec that suddenly burst out by a giant instantaneous explosion in all directions and ultimately expanding into what we now consider to be the Universe. It also conjectures that it was only this time in the Universes history that it was possible to move faster than the speed of light. Because in the beginning during this explosion, physics broke down because so much matter and energy was involved mathematical equations cannot even explain the events unfolding. After this fraction of milliseconds of time, though, physics did take over.

However, I subscribe to the "Superstring Theory" that explains or theorizes that our Universe is actually a giant amoeba-like substance called a "membrane" that is only one of possibly infinite amounts of other membranes. On occasion (in eon time, of course) two membranes will collide and create a giant explosion, what we call a "Big Bang" in each membrane destroying and simultaneously recreating all matter in a continuous cycle. It has happened in our past, according to this theory, and could, and likely will happen in our inconceivable future.

~jaz~

Answer 5

We don't know for sure.

The Catholic Priest who postulated it presented some things we should find, such as stars and galaxies moving away from us (Hubble proved that with his Red Shift) a background Cosmic (Gamma) radiation signature EVERYWHERE, Bell Labs proved that with a 3.6 degree Kelvin reading, which was predicted by the Priest.

Based on his predications and subsequent proofs we accept that the concept of the Primordial Atom fusing and going poof is probably the best explaination for the universe.

It earned the respect of Einstein who had to re-write his math on some theories back to the origianal math, which he changed because EXPANDING UNIVERSE was not accepted by science (he called this is BIGGEST MISTAKE)

And it put Fred Hoyle into disrepute (he provided the name BIG BANG as a joke).

Answer 6

The Big Bang theory about the creation of the universe best matches the observed data. Not only does it seem very likely that the Big Bang happened, but we're living in it right now...it's still going on!

Answer 7

Not really sure if that was the beginning of all this..but if it was I might say that God created the big bang...

Answer 8

no, the big bang is just a theory, which means it has not been proved yet. However, it is the most accepted theory.

Answer 9

i guess it is but i think the theroy is a little far feched im religious but i still look at the facts just thought of the big bang makes my head blow with amazment at ALLAH S creation

Answer 10

Nobody knows, but that's the prevailing theory and probably the best one to date.