so basically all of the energy and TIME in the universe was clumped together in a little ball smaller than a grain of sand. then it exploded, and several seconds after that we have a period called quark soup. after that the universe cooled and atoms formed and now the universe is expanding faster and faster.
my question is, what is beyond the universe. think about it. matter and even light, can only travel so fast. so if u traveled far enough u would reach the end, the end of everything. but thats the problem, there cant be an end, its simply impossible. its not like there is a wall and all of the sudden u cant go any farther. so there has to be an area with nothingness, and since there is no energy or matter there, it would be uneffected be the big bang, so it would had to have been there before the big bang.
2007-08-16 08:02:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
ok this is to the loser that called me a creationist. i am atheist. im simply saying that the big bang theory doesnt make sense. im not saying god did it. thats an idiotic response.
2007-08-16 08:12:50 · update #1
and ive just read that some people think our universe is similar to a mobius strip, if u dont know what that is its a an object tha if u walk all the way around u end up on the side where u started. how can our universe be 4 dimensional when we already know its 3 dimensional?
2007-08-16 08:15:56 · update #2
ok for future reference, and this also goes to the guy talking aobut the 11 dimensions. i asked for logic, not m theory.
2007-08-16 08:21:54 · update #3
I agree with braxton. I disagree that time was clumped in a little ball. Time is only a way to measure things like motion or the length of an event or between events. The Big Bang did not create time. What we mean when we say 'universe' can mean different things. It can mean the visible universe of 13.7 billion light years or the measured diameter of where the farthest galaxies would be right now of 92.94 billion light years or it could include whatever existed before the Big Bang exploded into it. This would use the infinite term.
2007-08-16 08:20:54 · answer #1 · answered by Troasa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are still things that aren't understood behind the Big Bang. Anything "Beyond the Universe" is kind of a moot point, since we can't see or experience anything *outside* this universe. Our universe contains all the dimensions (I think the number is now at 11) that allow matter, gravity, force, and energy to be what it is; anything extra (or, the other direction - anything *less*) cannot exist in THIS universe. That "area of nothingness" you refer to - it's still there. But it's physical laws don't permit us to see or experience it. While we know, through mathematics and thought experiments and observations of the existing universe, that there must be something "outside", and that our universe has a "definite age" - we *can't* know what happens when you reach the "edge", because we can't know if one truly exists.
2007-08-16 15:20:30 · answer #2 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Big Bang is a theory, no more, no less. It gives a starting point to try to understand the universe. I would be very surprised if something did not come along and take its place sometime in the future.
2007-08-16 15:31:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The BigBang appears to be a self-consistent theory. Some theories built around an infinite universe also appear to be self-consistent. The universe can't be both finite and infinite: but we can't prove either type of theory yet. Unfortunately, the BigBangers have attained the status of the religious establishment of the U.S.A. They have enough money to lobby Congress to give them more money and to cut off funds to everyone else.
2007-08-16 15:43:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another meaningless question from a Creationist. You are out of the realm of physics and into religion. Go to google and find the "ask an astrophysicist" website. They take questions like that.
The Big bang Theory may not make sense to the asker because he hasn't studied it in depth enough. Try some more. If you are not a creationist you certainly are asking Creationist questions. So maybe you were raised that way.
2007-08-16 15:09:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You're very close to what I try to imagine being "outside" our universe...an infinite and absolute void, totally without energy, space, time, matter, etc.,. But then you're left with the question, "Well, wouldn't that be a universe too?"
2007-08-16 15:08:47 · answer #6 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes well, if we knew the answer then there wouldnt be any wars about god and the world would be different.
2007-08-16 15:10:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋