2007-08-20 19:12:55 · 19 answers · asked by Prashanth 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
time started in our universe when the big bang happened. BUT many consider that time has ALWAYS existed, only in other "universes" in the MULTIVERSE and/or 11th disunion
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4183875433858020781&q=Parallel+Universes&total=1159&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=5
2007-08-20 20:12:03 · answer #1 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spacetime came into existence as the energy levels were precipitously falling in the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang. Time and space had no meaning until the Big Bang, or even for an exceedingly tiny period after the event. This, frankly, confuses the heck out of me, since if there is a defineable time period between the initial event of the universe and the beginning of time, how can that gap have any meaning?
That's a problem with the breakdown of the laws of physics around singularities, I guess. :-)
2007-08-21 02:27:34 · answer #2 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Big Bang theory is an effort to explain what happened at the very beginning of our universe. Discoveries in astronomy and physics have shown beyond a reasonable doubt that our universe did in fact have a beginning. Prior to that moment there was nothing; during and after that moment there was something: our universe. The big bang theory is an effort to explain what happened during and after that moment.
2007-08-21 05:46:26 · answer #3 · answered by Pritika Raja 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, that is a matter of perception... What if we all sprung into existence a moment ago complete withall of our memories ingaged in the act that we are currenly doing, destroyed in the next moment, then recreated a moment later... ad-infinitum... Then you could say that time started just a second or less ago....
But there are some who cannot accept this frame of thinking because of mathematical probability or such... But if you really think about it, any answer that is given could be correct.
2007-08-21 02:25:41 · answer #4 · answered by Avatar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The corner of Wabash and 77th Terrace, south side of Toogaskooga, Florida.
I think the year was 1953 right after a John Coltrane/Charles MIngus double bill at the 77th Terrace Jazz-O-Rama.
My dad has some pictures. Friggin' cool.
2007-08-21 02:25:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might as well ask when the wind began to blow or the sun began to shine.
I suppose you could say that time began when man first began to keep track of it - but as time as we think of it certainly began long before then, there is no real answer to that question.
Time is relative - and in a larger sense, time probably doesn't really exist at all. Sorry if that's confusing, but that's just the way it is.
2007-08-21 02:25:21 · answer #6 · answered by Bael 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Today and every day when I wake up.
Time is an invention of man to keep track of daylight at first, then how many hours then minutes etc.
with this in mind, time as we know it has to have always existed or enough of it wouldn't`t have passed for anything to have come into existence.
2007-08-21 14:57:51 · answer #7 · answered by Dan N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most commonaly accepted theory according to modern physical theory is:
It began at the same "time" as the Big Bang began expanding.
Time is the fourth dimension and, therefore, began when the other dimensions did. Remember that science is contantly growing and progressing. This is the current paradigm, though.
2007-08-21 02:24:24 · answer #8 · answered by Chris B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As soon as man first decided on the concept - for it is purely man-made.
The Egyptians are the first to have created a calendar some 5000 years ago and maybe, therefore, to be said to be the first people to have a concept of time.
2007-08-21 02:22:05 · answer #9 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the beginning....
2007-08-21 03:12:20 · answer #10 · answered by mareer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋