A natural human instinct is curiosity. We all wonder about the perplexing issues and try to comprehend the incomprehensible. How the universe came to be is a matter we question constantly throughout our lives. We wonder why we are we here and whether we have a purpose in life. We wonder how atoms, matters, space, time, air, etcetera came to be. We wonder what the fate of all entities is. We wonder how the universe came to be in the beginning, whether it always existed and why, how it has evolved to what it is today, and where it will go in the future. My view on the case is influenced by scientific theories, personal spiritual speculations, and last but not least admitting that there is always going to be a unknown part that I will never know.
Today the Big Bang Theory is a widely accepted one even though many don’t know what it indicates. Introduced in 1927, the theory states that 14 billion years ago nothing existed-- in other words no space, no stars, no atoms, or any kind of structure. Then a speck of hot, small, and dense light- containing the entire space, time, atom- appeared and expanded in an event known as the Big Bang. It formed atoms which led to the creation of stars, planets, and over the long haul-- us. The theory specifies that ever since the universe started expanding, it hasn’t stopped. It is based on reliance on the Doppler Effect: increase or decrease in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves as the source and observer move toward or away from each other. When an object in space moves away from our planet, it look reddish-orangish because of the increased wavelength known as redshift. The redder an object looks, the faster it is moving away. By basing the Big Bang Theory on the reliable Doppler Effect, ...
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...se even though we are not able to detect it. Dark matter and dark energy are two examples of how mysterious the universe is. A piece of the puzzle will always be missing.
In essence, I believe more than one valid explanation to how the universe came to be. I conclude that the theories and notions are simply additions to the “perfect model of the universe” we are aiming for. I suspect there will never be an absolutely positive and assured theory explaining the origins of the universe. Though a seemingly negative attitude, it doesn’t necessarily indicate that we shouldn’t strive to know the unknowable. The rationale behind cosmology blows my mind and has resulted in numerous sleepless nights of trying to answer the unanswerable. I will not strive to know what is beyond not online mine but every other human’s comprehension level even if I cannot understand it fully.
In many theories that come into the light in the scientific field, there are always gaps, there are always issues within each that have no explanation to them. For example, the big bang theory, this is a theory that attempts to explain how the universe was created. This theory states that the universe began as a very small, dense, and hot ball (Imagine the universe all put into a ball the size of a pen tip) with no stars or atoms. This ball then expanded incredibly quickly. The universe was then formed as the way it is now. Personally, I feel as if this theory has a major hole that prevents me from believing it is possible. This hole is, “What exactly put this ball into motion in the first place?”
Typically, cosmological arguments occur in two different phases. The first phase’s purpose is to provide the premise that there is a ‘first cause’ or an independent being that caused the creation of our universe, while the second phase’s purpose is to argue that this being has godlike features like omnipotence and immanence. To justify the claims in these phases, the Cosmological Argument takes into consideration the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR), which is the principle that there is an explanation for the existence of every single thing (referred to as PSRa), and for every positive fact (referred to as PSRb). This principle is a key element of the cosmological argument as it provides rationale to the premises of the argument with what appears to be obvious facts.
So if the universe is vastly old, it isn't getting any more established over the long haul! Or, on the other hand once more, to have achieved the present, a vast measure of time would need passed. Be that as it may, it isn't workable for an endless measure of time to have gone, since interminability isn't a sum. So if the universe was endlessly old, it would never have achieved the present. Be that as it may, the riddles emerge for an endless arrangement of causes, as well. Each new reason doesn't add one more reason to the arrangement, since its endless. Furthermore, we could never have achieved the point in the arrangement at which we are presently on the off chance that it were a boundless arrangement. We noticed that the inquiry at the core of the cosmological contention is 'the reason an option that is as opposed to nothing?'. On the off chance that we have an endless arrangement of causes, albeit each reason can be clarified as far as the last reason, we may ponder what clarifies the entire arrangement. On the off chance that we say something exists since something has dependably existed, despite everything we haven't addressed the inquiry why anything exists by any stretch of the imagination. This takes us to the following type of cosmological
Despite all our advances in particle physics and astrophysics, we still don't know what form of matter makes up 95% of the universe. Physicists have named this mysterious substance dark matter, for it can not be detected by observation (it does not emit visible or other frequency light waves). However, we know that dark matter must exist, following Newton's universal law of gravity.
For over a hundred years now a battle has been raging over the origin of the Universe and man. Soldiers of Science have drawn the battle lines with each side using various scientific and non - scientific theories as their weapons.
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The human race is a curious species; they thirst for knowledge and seek answers to impossible questions. They turn the impossible into the possible. They wonder about their existence and how it came to be. They make theories about life and modify them over time. The books The Grand Design by Stephan Hawking and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams provide insightful opinions of the true meaning of life. They both provide observations of the theory of uncertainty, the perception of reality as well as the answer to the universe.
The Big Bang is a theory that the universe was created in a very large
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The beginning of time and the universe began with the Big Bang. This was an explosion that started the expansion of the universe. In the most basic sense, the standard model is simply the idea that every bit of the matter and energy in the universe was once compressed to an unimaginable density. In the big bang, the material exploded outward into the formation of matter that we see today. Shortly after this event everything in the universe was very dense and very hot. It was only until 500,000 years later that it cooled enough so that hydrogen and helium could form by fusion processes. Even then, it took another two billion years of cooling for enough clumps of interstellar dust and gas, called molecular clouds, to achieve stability in the universe.
To answer the first question, according to many physicists, astronomers, and especially cosmologists the multiverse theory is a definite possibility. While there may not be a consensus on the issue, a reasonable number agree that our universe is, “But one of many pocket universes within a wider expanse called the multiverse” (Jenkins and Perez, 42). This infinite number of diverse universes originated in the primordial vacuum of space as a “tiny patch of spacetime…as small as a billionth the size of a proton” (Jenkins and Perez, 48), and underwent a period of rapid inflation. From such growth, all happening at different rates due to variations in constants and physical properties, pockets formed, ...
The universe, it's vastness, how it was created, and why we are a part of it amazes and astounds many people who are constantly searching for answers. Others believe they have the answers and try to persuade people to understand their view. Others don't even think about it at all.
Even though we know a great amount more than the astronomers in the past, there is still an even larger amount we do not know about the universe to this day. Even our own solar system contains many questions yet to be answered. Some of these include the possibility of a planet beyond Pluto (Planet X), the means by which the system was created, and even the possibility of a sister star to the Sun named Nemesis. Another astronomical mystery is the creation of the universe. In time, many questions will be answered but some will always remain. Astronomy is something that will never be completely understood.
The big bang theory is an attempt to explain how the world began. The big bang theory begins with what is called a “singularity.” This term is used to describe an area in space which defies all the known laws of physics. Singularities are thought to exist at the core of black holes. Black holes are areas of intense gravitational pressure. The pressure is thought to be so intense that matter is pressed together into an infinite amount of pressure. The dense hot mass of the singularity slowly expanded. This process is called inflation. As the singularity expanded the universe went from dense and hot to cool and expansive. Inflation is still continuing on today which means that the universe is continually expanding.
Since the dawn of intelligent man, humanity has speculated about the origins of the universe.