Creation of the

Universe and
the Big Bang
Theory
What is the Big Bang Theory?
The most popular theory for how the universe came into being is called the Big
Bang Theory. Simply described, it states that the universe as we currently
understand it originated from an unimaginably hot and dense single point and
expanded over the course of 13.8 billion years, first at unbelievable rates and
subsequently at a more measured rate. The majority of what we know about the
Big Bang comes from mathematical formulas and models because current
technology does not yet allow astronomers to look back at the creation of the
universe.
Although the Big Bang theory is accepted by the majority of astronomers, some
theorists have proposed other theories instead, including everlasting inflation and
an oscillating cosmos.However, the cosmic microwave background, a
phenomenon, allows astronomers to observe the expansion's "echo." Although the
Big Bang theory is accepted by the most of astronomers, some have proposed
other theories instead, including everlasting inflation and an oscillating cosmos.
The Big Bang: The Birth of the Universe
Everything in the cosmos was compressed into a singularity, a point of
infinite heat and density, around 13.7 billion years ago. Our cosmos
suddenly began to expand explosively, expanding faster than the speed of
light. According to physicist Alan Guth's 1980 theory that forever
transformed the way we think about the Big Bang, there was a time of
cosmic inflation that lasted only a few hundredths of a second, or
approximately 10-32 of a second. The more traditional explanations of the
Big Bang began to take root when cosmic inflation abruptly and
mysteriously came to a stop.Our universe's current constituents, including
particles, atoms, the material that would eventually give rise to stars and
galaxies, etc., began filling it during a flood of matter and radiation known
as "reheating."
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According to NASA, all of this occurred during the
first second after the universe was created, when
everything was still incredibly hot at a
temperature of roughly 10 billion degrees
Fahrenheit (5.5 billion degrees Celsius) (opens in
new tab). The basic materials that would later
become the components of everything that is
there today, such as neutrons, electrons, and
protons, were present in the universe at this
time. It would have been impossible to truly see
through this early "soup," as it was unable to
contain visible light. According to NASA, "the Hubble images show the far-distant galaxy GN-z11 as it
unbound electrons would have caused light was soon after the Big Bang
(photons) to scatter in the same manner that
sunlight scatters from water droplets in clouds."
However, over time, these free electrons collided with nuclei to form neutral atoms, or
atoms with an equal number of positive and negative electric charges. This allowed light
to finally shine through, about 380,000 years after the Big Bang. Next Slide
Sometimes called the "afterglow" of the Big Bang, this light is more properly known
as the cosmic microwave background (CMB). It was first predicted by Ralph Alpher
and other scientists in 1948 but was found only by accident almost 20 years later.

Here is a animation video which

might help you understand the
Big Bang Theory a bit more
The Age of the Universe
There have been numerous spacecraft missions
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and research groups that have observed the
CMB. The NASA Cosmic Background Explorer
(COBE) satellite, which scanned the sky in the
1990s, was one of the most well-known space-
faring missions to do so. The BOOMERanG
experiment (Balloon Observations of Millimetric
Extragalactic Radiation and Geophysics), the
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP),
and the Planck satellite of the European Space
Agency are just a few of the missions that have
followed in COBE's footsteps. Planck's
perceptions, first delivered in 2013, planned the Artist's impression of the European Space Agency's Planck
CMB in remarkable detail and uncovered that the spacecraft. Planck's main goal is to study the Cosmic
universe was more established than recently Microwave Background — the relic radiation left over from
the Big Bang.
suspected: 13.82 billion years of age, as opposed
to 13.7 billion years of age. The examination observatory's central goal is continuous and new
guides of the CMB are delivered intermittently.
Expansion of the Universe
Not only is the universe growing, but it is
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growing quicker. As a result, no one will
ever be able to see other galaxies from
Earth or from any other location inside
our galaxy in the future. According to
Harvard University astronomer Avi Loeb,
"We will observe faraway galaxies
traveling away from us, but their speed is
rising over time." "So, if you wait long
enough, eventually, a distant galaxy will
reach the speed of light. What that means
is that even light won't be able to bridge The whole universe is expanding in size, not exploding away
the gap that's being opened between that from a central point
galaxy and us. There's no way for extraterrestrials on that galaxy to communicate with
us, to send any signals that will reach us, once their galaxy is moving faster than light
relative to us."
Interesting Facts about the Universe
How about we finish it all with 5 facts about the universe? Here are just some
of them:
1. There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth. That’s
at least a billion trillion!
2. A black hole is created when big stars explode. Its gravitational force is so strong that
nothing can escape from it – luckily the closest black hole is about 10,000 light-years from
Earth.
3. When venturing into space, astronauts wear spacesuits which have to be warmed, cooled,
pressurised and supplied with fresh air. This takes six hours for them to put on!
4. The Earth is about 4.5 billion years old – but that’s only a third of the age of the universe –
which is 13.5 billion years old!
5. The Earth is tiny in comparison with the rest of the universe – it could fit into the sun 1.3
million times. How small does that make you feel?
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