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The question is fun, and it would be fun to calculate. But the answer would have no meaning at all, because the question suggests a level of precision that the answer can't possibly have. We would have to be able to accurately identify the time of the event to at least the nearest second, which is impossible. Also, any estimate of the number of seconds would not be reported to that degree of accuracy, so converting back to the units you started with would be called for. Not only can we get no closer than billions of years, we are not even certain beyond doubt that it happened. The question is a little like asking 'How many cubic centimeters of water are there on Earth?' We cannot know the answer to the level of accuracy that 'cubic centimeter' suggests. I think about 473,040,000,000,000,000 seconds. Multiply 15 billion years by 365, then 24, then 60, then 60 again and you'll have it.

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How long ago was big bang?

The Big Bang is estimated to have occurred around 13.8 billion years ago, based on observations and measurements of the universe's expansion and the cosmic microwave background radiation.


What is one of the primary unaswered questions about the origin of the universe?

It was what came before the big bang, and the big bang theory states that the universe started as a dense nucleus of matter: a huge amount of matter concentrated in a tiny spot. This is the conclusion of equations and evidences that prove that the universe has been and continuous to expand: since it has been expanding, there was a moment when it was as small and dense as it is possible . So, the expansion is the result of violent explosion. The time during which the expansion has been happening (this is how long ago the big bang occurred) has been estimated thanks to the observation of the speed of recession of the galaxies, but nothing can be told about what came before the big bang occurred .


How long has space existed?

Space has existed for approximately 13.8 billion years, which is the age of the universe according to current scientific estimates. This is based on the Big Bang theory, which suggests that the universe began as extremely hot and dense, expanding and cooling over time to form the vast expanse of space we see today.


How long will the Andromeda galaxy last?

About 17 billion years after the big bang , when it will merge with our own galaxy - the Milky Way. After that, a new name will have to be thought of, if anyone is still around. currently andromeda galaxy is 2.5 million light years away and moving toward us with a speed of 120 km per second


What was the first word on Earth?

well it is hard to tell as people have many religious thoughts as some say god created the world and they could think that he was the first one, on the other hand people may think that the big bang occurred and if so then we would of been microorganisms and this means we grow as who we are.

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How long ago was the Formation of Basic Elements?

The formation of basic elements like hydrogen and helium occurred approximately 13.8 billion years ago during the Big Bang.


How long ago was big bang?

The Big Bang is estimated to have occurred around 13.8 billion years ago, based on observations and measurements of the universe's expansion and the cosmic microwave background radiation.


How long has energy been around?

Energy has existed since the beginning of the universe, approximately 13.8 billion years ago, when the Big Bang occurred. Energy cannot be created or destroyed but only transformed from one form to another. Throughout the history of the universe, energy has constantly been in flux, driving all processes and phenomena.


How long is the movie Nanny McPhee and the big bang?

Nanny Mcphee and the big bang is 109mins long.


What century did the big bang take place?

The Big Bang is estimated to have occurred around 13.8 billion years ago, at the beginning of the universe's expansion. It is not directly associated with any specific century, as it took place long before the concept of centuries existed.


What is Eris length of day and year?

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Approximately how long ago was the big bang thought to have occured?

First of all, the Big Bang was NOT an explosion; certainly not an explosion of dense matter into empty space. Secondly, all observational evidence points to the expansion having begun about 13.7 billion years ago.


How long after the big bang did it take for stars to form?

the theory states that atoms formed during the big bang (like right as the big bang happened) Protons and neutrons were allowed to form about one second after the Big Bang. Electrons joined to nuclei to form permanent atomic bonds about 377,000 years later.


What are the main colors of big bang theory?

No one can say. It's just a theoretical explosion that scientist speculate may have occurred long before man was here to witness-assuming it happened. **** Actually, the Big Bang was not an explosion -- it was an expansion. To say scientists "speculate" about, or that it is "theoretical" it is like saying they speculate that our Earth "theoretically" goes around our Sun. Both these facts about our Universe make several predictions about what we would see if they were true. If ANY one these predictions happened to turn out to be false, then scientists would be questioning whether the Big Bang occurred. However, ALL of them have been observed just as predicted by Big Bang Cosmology. To say that the Big Bang "may have occurred" is like saying Anasazi civilization "may have occurred" before anyone was able to write about them. Both cases -- the Big Bang and the Anasazi -- left a LOT of evidence of their existence. Only two groups of people would say that scientists "speculate" the Big Bang "may have occurred" and "assuming it happened": 1) Those totally ignorant of science. 2) Those trying to spread ignorance of science.


How long is The Outsiders book?

amazing! I thought it was a touching story and ha a great story line...


How long does it take light to travel from the epicenter of the Big Bang to the farthest reaches of the universe?

Good question. Did the universe exist before the big bang, or did the big bang create the universe and the very fabric of space and time itself? The entire CONCEPT of the "Big Bang" is still a matter of dispute, with arguments about what may have happened early in the history of the universe. Our understanding of the primordial basics of high-energy physics is still somewhat fluid and subject to revision. Best guess: There probably was no "there" for light to expand in before the Big Bang. We believe that the Big Bang occurred approximately 14 billion years ago, although the number fluctuates by a billion years either way. One major question; did the fabric of the universe expand at super-luminal speeds, or did it expand at the speed of light? And was the speed of light different then? We cannot say for certain.


The big bang hypothesis suggests that 20 billion years ago?

Cosmologists now conclude that the Big Bang (BB) occurred 13.7 billion years ago. Since it is meaningless to speak of something happening "before" the BB -- there was no time or space to have a "before" -- BB Cosmology makes no statement about what happened that long ago.