The Big Bang Theory: The Beginning Of The Universe!
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How The Universe Began? The Big Bang Theory!
There are a lot of theories about how the universe came to be, and for many, the idea of an "power of life" is the one they feel is the most plausible. So join me as I reveal to you the truth about the Big Bang Theory.
8. What Is The Big Bang Theory?
Well that would depend. Because for some, the Big Bang Theory is a possible explanation for the beginning of the universe. And one that has been debated for many decades since it was "proved" to be real. The other version of the Big Bang Theory is a hit TV show from CBS that lasted over a decade and was the #1 show on television in many ways. Would you like to guess which one we're talking about today? Yeah, the sitcom! I kid, we're talking about the space version.
But that begs the question, what IS the Big Bang Theory? It's something that is thrown out as the "answer" to how the universe was made, but is that really true? And how do you explain it to those who don't know about it in full?
Well, to put it at its most basic, when the universe was "born", a single point in space exploded with energy. Though to be clear, it wasn't an actual boom, more like it was an...expansion. Expansion of what? Matter. Material, whatever you want to define it as, it was a point in time when the universe went from nothing in it, to having objects of various sizes, colors, and phases of matter (liquid, gas, solid, plasma).
By the time the "expansion" was done, the universe was "born" in its earliest of states. To be clear, life on Earth was NOT there just yet. Rather, Earth is believed to have been a rocky and magma-filled mess. But, at least it was there. What's more, the creation of the universe birthed stars planets, moons, and set everything in place for where we are right now.
So in short, the Big Bang Theory is a belief on how the universe went from nothing, to everything in the matter of seconds.
7. Why Do They Believe This To Be Real?
Now, hearing all of this on a most basic of levels may make it sound pretty sci-fi. After all, the idea that we went from "nothing to something" in the course of seconds seems preposterous, right? Except, in our own world, we know this to be true in regards to other items that use this kind of property. Like how electricity is stored and then used. Or how a will go from inert to explosive in milliseconds. And on and on, so as weird as it sounds, it's not that far-fetched. What's more, many scientists have proven that this is a plausible theory just by looking at the universe itself.
It all started back in 1922 when Russian mathematician Alexander Friedmann noted via his own observations of the universe...that the universe itself was expanding. Which struck many as odd, because how can a universe expand? But, he was not wrong, in fact, he was proven correct by other astronomers in other countries a little over 5 years later.
Knowing that the universe was expanding, it would make sense that there was a singular "point of origin" for it all. Thus, he birthed The Big Bang Theory. Stating that there was once a "cosmic egg" from which all life was born from, or in this case, expanded from. And it was due in part to the energy of that expansion that the universe is still growing.
The decades that followed had more and more scientists pilling in and noting that various things that they spotted in the universe backed up the Big Bang Theory. Such as light worked in the universe, the distance of galaxies in the universe, and so on and so forth. In fact, you could argue that just about every decade added a new fact or belief in how the Big Bang Theory was real.
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6. When Was It "Proven" To Be Real?
The reason that the Big Bang Theory is still called a "theory" is because while it was discussed to be real in all manners and with real science, it still had be discovered and technically proven. Which is very hard to do when you're talking about an event that started potentially billions of years ago. But, there is some proof that the Big Bang actually happened. It all started with Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias, who were radio astronomers. They would listen to the stars above and see what signals they could pick up.