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We can never observe what happened before the Big Bang, if there were such a notion.

Not only can't we observe what happened before the Big Bang, but it's even worse

than that. The Big Bang was not only the beginning of space, it was also the beginning

of time. So there's no such thing as "before" it.

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Was the Big Bang bigger or smaller than the Earth?

The Big Bang was much larger than the Earth. It is the event that scientists believe gave rise to the entire universe, including all matter and energy. The Earth is just one small planet within this vast universe.


Was the Big Bang faster than light?

Yes, the Big Bang was faster than light. During the initial expansion of the universe, the rate of expansion was faster than the speed of light.


If matter cannot be created from nothing then how did the universe create matter from nothing?

It is religion that makes such a claim, not science. Science can go no farther back than the small bundle of unimaginably high energy that is thought to have spawned the 'big bang', the expansion of the energy that eventually became the universe as we know it. And in fact science readily admits that even going back that far requires a great deal of speculation, even if that speculation outlines a succession of processes that is substantially defensible.Spontaneous creation of matter (or energy) is not compatible with the known processes of the physical universe as it now exists.Sources for the Big BangAlthough it is purely speculation, it is suggested that the energy which formed the universe was either 1) already present, or 2) transferred, transformed, or siphoned from another universe, dimension, or reality. At the instant of the Big Bang, the energy density of the singularity would have been finite but almost inconceivably large, such that its release would have spontaneously generated quarks that combined to form all of the matter currently in existence. This mass includes all stars, galaxies, black holes, and interstellar dust, as well the "dark matter" which is only apparent in large-scale gravitational phenomena.


Is the universe contracting?

Currently, scientific evidence suggests that the universe is expanding rather than contracting.


How is the space growing faster than its keyword?

The universe is expanding at a faster rate than the speed of light.

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What year did the earth expand in the big bang theory?

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What does the big bang theory explain about the size of the universe?

Not much, really. Our Universe MIGHT be significantly larger than what we can see -- that portion of our Universe we call the "observable Universe" -- or it might be infinite. No conclusion can be made about the size of our Universe based on the fact of the Big Bang.


What was the initial size of the universe before the Big Bang theory?

The entire OBSERVABLE Universe must have been smaller than the size of a proton. Since the ENTIRE Universe is much larger, and perhaps infinite, we really don't know how large that was.


What are the top questions about the big bang bang theory?

There are two questions commonly asked:1. Is it real, or did God create the universe ex nihilo?2. Did the Big Bang create more than one universe?3. How can the big bang account for dark matter and dark energy?


Was the Big Bang caused by a universe-sized black hole?

Theoretically yes. String theory and M theory says that when the two universe collide together or split into two universes, that is when Big Bang occurs. However there is no evidence that Parallel universe exists.


Was the Big Bang bigger or smaller than the Earth?

The Big Bang was much larger than the Earth. It is the event that scientists believe gave rise to the entire universe, including all matter and energy. The Earth is just one small planet within this vast universe.


Is the ekpyrotic theory a theory of the big bang?

It is similar to the Big Bang theory. The ekpyrotic theory is, a theory that their is a parallel universe (More than one) In our universe.


Is the sun older than the universe?

No. The sun exists as inside the universe and was created after the big bang. Nothing (that we know of) existed before the universe.


What was the size of the universe at the time of the big bang?

The size of the universe at the time of the Big Bang is estimated to have been extremely small, even smaller than a proton. The universe has been expanding ever since the Big Bang occurred approximately 13.8 billion years ago.


Was the Big Bang faster than light?

Yes, the Big Bang was faster than light. During the initial expansion of the universe, the rate of expansion was faster than the speed of light.


How does the Big Bang explain how the universe began?

Big bang created every thing in 8 Levels. level 1 to 4 of big bang are lesser than 1 second.


Can scientific inquiry study further back in time than the big bang?

No, scientific inquiry cannot study events that occurred before the Big Bang. The Big Bang is the origin of the universe and the laws of physics as we know them. Anything before that is currently beyond the realm of scientific investigation due to the limitations of our current understanding and technological capabilities.