2007-10-16 22:26:25 · 8 answers · asked by Zach-7 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
First I would suggest read Hawking's "A Brief History of Time"
It isn't as dull as it sounds, and is packed with information like this answer you seek. If this kind of question intrigues you, check out Hawkings book from the library and read it(if only pieces of it). Then perhaps, if your interest in genuine, you will move onto books like "The Dancing Wu-Li Masters" and see that quantum mechanics, spirituality and life as a whole are all interconnected, and fascinating. Knowledge is power
2007-10-16 22:32:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This question reflects the limitations of thinking within our own experience. We human beings experience the universe as "space, filled with objects", and thus assume that before the universe existed there was "space, devoid of objects". However, according to the latest theories, space itself (yes, the physical dimensions into which objects can be placed) was created by the big bang, and in fact continues to be created which is why objects in the universe are constantly getting further apart. Without space there can be no time, and without time there can be no space, so when the Big Bang created both of those entities, the existed. I don't think the human mind can conceive of or create words for the state before the Big Bang.
2007-10-17 09:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by dansinger61 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Time was created along with the universe, so it makes no sense to ask about a time before the universe.
2007-10-17 08:00:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People say there's no answer.
Most likely a smaller universe, but if you were inside that universe it would probably look the same size as ours does today.
: )
2007-10-18 13:53:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Inter-universe space!
2007-10-17 05:40:29 · answer #5 · answered by Lutfor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothingness. And a bunch of it.
Doug
2007-10-17 05:38:44 · answer #6 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothingness. What we see today is nothing more than the expansion of nothingness. As crazy as it sounds that explains it all. Nothing supernatural about our existence!
2007-10-17 05:41:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No one knows.
2007-10-17 05:34:48 · answer #8 · answered by Tony W 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋