All About the Big Bang Theory

Recent discoveries in astronomy and space have shown beyond doubt that our universe did in fact have a beginning. We wanted to know what existed prior to that. There was nothing; maybe just empty space. Or there was perhaps something present that we are not equipped to understand. The big bang theory was an attempt to explain what happened during and after that moment of creation of our universe.

There is absolutely no doubt that the universe we want to explore looks very complex and alien. Human beings are the supreme brains that we know of till we find a proof of extra-terrestrial life and are in continuous quest of exploring the unknown.

We look at this marvelous universe, and wonder about its age. We try to find its age by looking back through the history of the world. 

Our explanation of this world is that God created Adam according to the Bible a billions of years ago or perhaps according to the Hindu mythology that Brahma was the creator of our universe. With our limited knowledge, we try to appreciate things as they are. We haven’t imagined but that there is a possibility of other/parallel universes existence, most likely like ours in almost every other way.  

In future, with some luck, technology and science, it might be possible to estimate the age of universe in which we reside. However; it is definite that our universe is going to cease someday (at eternity perhaps) and a new universe will be born. This phenomenon is going to repeat till eternity.

As per the Big bang theory, our universe came into existence with a big bang explosion. It came into existence as "singularity" approximately around 13.7 billion years ago. In order to understand the Big Bang theory, it is necessary to understand a technical term called “Singularity”.

What does "singularity" mean and how to define it? In order to explain the complexity of origin of the universe, scientists devised a concept called Singularity. By Singularities we mean zones of energy which we try to define with our current understanding of physics. They were and also at present thought to exist at the core of "black holes." 

Now we need to understand “Black holes” too. Black holes are areas of intense gravity which have immense attraction power. This attraction force is thought to be so intense that matter and waves (energy) are actually squeezed into infinite density at the core (nucleus) of the black holes. Anything that comes near black holes disappears, this happens because of the immense magnetic attraction. Think a black hole as a giant magnet, even light cannot escape its power. That’s the reason when we try to watch a black hole from telescope, there is no sign of it. It is what it is – a giant dark hole in space. Scary!!!

These are some of the mind boggling concepts that for now can be explain through the complicated streams of physics and astronomy. Within these zones of infinite densities which we call "singularities” lies the root cause of our existence and the creation of universe. It is thought to have begun from an infinitesimally miniscule form, infinitely hot, immense density from a singularity to a gigantic form of today.

There are perhaps more questions in your mind now.

Why did that singularity appear?

Where did it come from?

Are there many more singularities in this cosmos taking birth at this moment?

We don't know. We don't know. We don't know.