The "Big Bang" kind of makes sense in some ways, but isn't it a bit ridiculous?

Question

OK, this is the theory as I understand it. The big bang was not the first or last one to happen. All the matter of the universe was slowly sucked in, it came into a big ball and exploded and out came planets and atoms with circling electrons, and stars, and everything randomly happened. And the universe is still expanding. This seems silly to me.

Answer 1

no that is not true.

where everything came from???? we're not sure. I'll stick a video on the end to help explain that. BUT for now. the big bang. so BANG!!!!

first came the smaller parts that made up parts of the atoms.

then those parts made atoms

then they made simple molecules (collections of different atoms)

then came stars,

then came complicated molecules and more complex atoms.
(the heat in the stars help with this)

then possibly some planets,

then some stars grouped into massive stars then died.

thusly, we now have black holes,

and then huge galaxies (stars collect around the black holes)

then more stars, (galaxies are able to create dust that recollects into stars)

then more planets.

and more stars,

and more planets

this is all over a period of about 13 billion years.

compare the time it took atoms to form against billions of years ans it would seem like only seconds.

its all very logical and each smaller part builds bigger parts.

and ACTUALLY planets and stars are still forming today.


now for the vids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0Kaf7xYMk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOkAagw6iug

Answer 2

Well, yeah. Since that's not the way it happened, that does sound pretty silly.

The big bang was an expansion, not an explosion. Like the difference between blowing up a balloon and popping it. When it was first expanding, there was no matter as we know it. In fact, it was about 10,000 years before it had cooled enough for electrons and protons and neutrons to form. Then we got hydrogen and a little bit of helium. Millions of years, perhaps billions later, we got the first stars. And everything came after that. It was easily billions of years before we got any planets at all. Certainly not instantaneous.

Answer 3

When you really think about it the Big Bang is an astonishing idea. Einstein was convinced he screwed something up when his theory predicted an expanding universe, and he doctored the theory to "fix" it (and later said that was the greatest mistake he ever made).

Even the term "Big Bang" itself was actually intended as a put down to belittle the idea when it was new. I think Fred Hoyle coined it on an old BBC broadcast in an off the cuff remark that wasn't intended as complimentary. (At least this is the story I heard a few years back at a Q & A session with Phillip Morrison.)

But that was then. As new pieces of evidence come in the picture keeps getting more clear. More astonishing!

Answer 4

The Big Bounce which you refer to is only one possible theory for the beginning of the Big Bang. It's not even the most accepted one as far as I know but it remains a possibility.

Regarding the comment that it will not be the last one, galaxies are not slowing down in their space between one another. In fact, evidence suggests that they are speeding up. This draws the conclusion that it will not rebound again but continue on infinitum and the Universe will end in a cold dark death.

The Big Bang did not suddenly spit out stars and planets. The evolution of the Universe was a slow process. It took 300,000 years just for the Universe to cool enough for protons to seperate from the original radiation.

Answer 5

Planets and atoms with circling electrons and stars did not come out. It was a very long time after the initial event that atoms began to form and a long time after that the first stars began. A long time after the first stars blew up planets began to form.

What came out of the big bang was energy.

Answer 6

It has seemed ridiculous to many people.
But the big bang is indicated by the doppler effect on the light reaching us from distant galaxies.

Many have tried, but no one has succeeded in explaining the unanimous red shift of distant objects in a more compelling way.

It's the best way any one has yet come up with to explain it.

The only other thing that I would add is that the opposition to the idea of an expanding universe has seemed to be almost as hysterical as the opposition to the theory of evolution. It's strange how these notions are as offensive as they are.

Answer 7

well, i sorta believe it but i believe in god also. i believe god created the things that helped cause the big bang. then the 'big bang happened' and slowly life grew on earth. call me silly for believing that but i don't have to make you think the same. i can compare the water cycle to the big bang theory because they're things that were meant to happen. they just... happen.
i often wonder what it would be like if there was no big bang or universe. i also wonder what 'nothing' would look like. you might not understand what i mean. i might sound 'silly' to you.

Answer 8

I think you need to go back to the reference books and read up on the Big Bang all over again... You don't understand it correctly.

Try wikipedia for the proper explanation.

"planets and atoms" did not come out. There was an ejection of material from a super-dense cluster and this material gradually coalesced over many millions of years to form what we now call planets and atoms and stars...

What you're actually inferring is similar to digging up sand on the beach and dumping it over your shoulder to discover that it has formed a perfect replica of a castle with a moat and a village.

In reality, you dig up the sand but you form the castle and the moat and the village yourself...

Answer 9

Your understanding of the expansion of the universe IS silly, and also quite inaccurate. I would at this point attempt to acquaint you with what scientists actually believe regarding the expansion, but it occurs to me that this information is readily available on the internet, and anyone who ACTUALLY wanted to learn about the 'Big Bang' would have done so by now. So I guess you're just trolling.

Answer 10

Uhm, actually your description isn't exactly accurate.

The Big Bang occured- nobody knows where the mass and energy came from.

Some say God. I agree with them.

The evidence shows the universe is roughly 14.7 billion light years in any direction, and not only did it make ONE universe, but an almost infinite number of universes at the same time.