Where does matter come from?

Answer 1

The first law of thermdynamics says that matter/energy cannot be created or destroyed.
This law is an observation that appears to hold true in all time and space, and forms a foundation for science.

Evolutionists claim that at the beginning (Big Bang) the laws did not apply and all matter and energy simply came into being out of absolutely nothing, for no reason (?).

Creationists believe that at the beginning God created all matter/energy ex nihilo (from nothing), for a purpose.

Both of these positions are faith positions about events that happened in the past and which cannot be proved. Personally I find that Creation is a much better explanation of the observations in the present. The Big Bang has many many problems for which ideas such as inflation, dark matter, dark energy have simply been invented to hold the idea together.
http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3051/

Answer 2

Aviophage -

Is it a little confusing to say that matter doesn't go anywhere. Can't it be converted to energy as in Fission, Fusion, etc.

Also, M-Theory (strings) would explain that all matter is really energy in the smallest component anyway.

It's not my habit to argue with PhD's - especially within their field of expertise - but maybe you could clarify your answer a litlle! :)

Answer 3

Everything that exists in the universe came from the singularity of the big bang. This point of extreme heat began to expand and cool, when it cooled to a certain point the first sub atomic particles were created, these particles later formed protons and electrons. The positively charged protons attracted the negatively charged electrons to form basic hydrogen, H. Some helium was also created at the time. Enormous clouds of hydrogen and helium began to collapse towards their centres of gravity to cause the birth of stars. Elements up to iron were fused in these stars, heavier elements were created when massive stars went super nova.

Answer 4

if you believe in the big bang theory then matter was always there, in way. basically i says there was a tiny ball of energy that exploded. thats one thing that most people mistake about the big bang, there was no matter in the primeval atom. that energy later cooled to about a billion degrees and then formed matter.

so basically matter came from energy. energy was always here.

Answer 5

In very general terms, matter is already there, and doesn't come from anywhere or go anywhere. Matter changes forms, and sometimes seems to appear and disappear, but it didn't; it just changed.

Answer 6

matter is here, it always has been here (since the universe was created anyway)
scientists are researching something that is called dark-matter which could be the opposite of matter but i can't give details on that