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Showing Original Post only (View all)Big Bang, Deflated? Universe May Have Had No Beginning [View all]
If a new theory turns out to be true, the universe may not have started with a bang.
In the new formulation, the universe was never a singularity, or an infinitely small and infinitely dense point of matter. In fact, the universe may have no beginning at all.
"Our theory suggests that the age of the universe could be infinite," said study co-author Saurya Das, a theoretical physicist at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada.
The new concept could also explain what dark matter the mysterious, invisible substance that makes up most of the matter in the universe is actually made of, Das added. [The Big Bang to Civilization: 10 Amazing Origin Events]
Big Bang under fire
According to the Big Bang theory, the universe was born about 13.8 billion years ago. All the matter that exists today was once squished into an infinitely dense, infinitely tiny, ultra-hot point called a singularity. This tiny fireball then exploded and gave rise to the early universe.
http://news.yahoo.com/big-bang-deflated-universe-may-had-no-beginning-140017504.html
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Erg of heat, then. After every particle has lost its component parts due to distance.
randome
Mar 2015
#21
lol, ok thanks. me either but just hadn't heard heat referred to as a particle. n/t
wildbilln864
Mar 2015
#23
It's come down to physicists postulating that there is no such thing as nothing.
randome
Mar 2015
#40
There are many theories, but technically, the universe could just go on forever.
Oneironaut
Mar 2015
#39
This would mean there could be civilizations that go back trillions of years.
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2015
#10
So what does this hypothesis propose for the time before 13.8 billion years ago?
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2015
#11
After reading the comments @ Yahoo about the article, I'm going to take a shower.
BlueJazz
Mar 2015
#13
The big bang always seemed suspiciously like the detonation of a nuclear bomb
frankfacts
Mar 2015
#15
What happened 13.8 billion years ago was a F*cking Big Bang, even if it wasn't...
Silent3
Mar 2015
#38