Was there anything before the big bang?

Answer 1

Yes another universe that went into a big crunch where all matter converged to form a singularity that exploded in a big bang and formed this universe. which in time will converge again into a big crunch singularity and so on and on and on.
That's what i think but there again i am only a janitor at Tesco so i could be totally wrong.

Answer 2

Ahhh, the question that causes wars.
What was there to cause the big bang? Was it God, was it something else?
The absolute truth is that we can never ever ever see before the big bang.
All our evidence, what we see through telescopes, what we find from experiments in particle accelerators, all it tells us is what happened after the the instant the big bang happened.
There is nothing we know about in this universe that existed before the big bang. By definition, the big bang created everything.
Unless we hear a big booming voice from the clouds telling religion is correct then we will never know for sure.
But nothing we can comprehend outside the universe can even begin to affect us so its nothing to worry about.
I know this doesnt answer your question in a way you want, but any other physicist will just say its a nonsensical question.
What they mean is that, with current maths and ideas nothing can explain before the big bang so therefore nothing existed. Physicists have zero imagination, unless they can express something as a sum or equation then its not a valid idea.
If enough people keep wondering about these impossible problems then someone, somewhere at some point in the future will come up with an answer.

Answer 3

My answer is physics path instead of the general religous, "I dont know how this works, it must have been God", Two of our most accurate theories : general relativity and qunatum mechanics break down at such extreme times in the universe (think before 10^-34s (the planck time)). Therefore with our current knowledge we do not know what happened before the big bang. There are theories such as the collision of two branes, among others.

One theory that theoretical physicists have been working of is superstring theory. If this theory turns out to work then it could explain such extremeties as the very early universe and black hole interiers.

Answer 4

Despite the so called experts saying no, just think about it . If there was a big bang, you would need at least to elements to create it , therefore there must have been somthing before it.Maybe it was an interaction between 2 black holes or 2 dark stars .

Answer 5

We don't know. Our science hasn't come to the point of enough knowledge to answer this. Maybe it never will. Some things may even be beyond our capability to understand and of course we can't recreate the big bang in a lab or go back and see what happened.

Answer 6

It was called "The Big Squint", where everyone who knew there was going to be a Big Bang narrowed their eyes and covered their ears in anticipation.

The only one not to do this was the fellow who lit the blue touchpaper and more or less knew when the bang was coming.

Answer 7

There was the hubby waiting in the house. When he came back early another big bang ensued

Answer 8

(now for a non ridiculous answer)
Some people have tied string theory with the big bang.
Many people thing that our universe forming came from the collision of 2 other universes in alternate dimensions which all flow together in the 11th dimension. Now einstein mathematically proved the 11th dimension existed and modern scientists seem to think this is the dimension that rifts "alternate dimensions" if youve seen sci fi you know what i mean. So in essence, the universe didnt "come to be" in a sense its the result of 2 other universes, which crashed and formed 2 more, one of which is ours. If you follow this, it essentially goes back forever, because the 11th dimension is infinitely long.
Hope this helps.

Answer 9

God is the answer; Believe HE exists and you don't need to worry what happened at what time. To think that the universe and all its contents - the galaxies, the stars, planets and their occupants, ranging from unicellular organisms to homos like ourselves, emerged from nowhere on their own accord is turning logic on its head. The question as to who God is and how HE came about need not worry us, at least not in the next million or so years. Our species, Homo Sapiens, is still too young and immature to have answers to the ultimate questionof creation and existence.

Answer 10

Well. that's the problem, eh?..was it a Grand Designer that gave it a nudge.or is a cycle of contracting/expanding?...our little brains try to figure it out but we will never know the real deal...We put a layer of spirituality on it (i.e Christian/Muslim/Buddhist) to try and figure it out...but we end up killing each other in the name of _______(fill in the blank)