From an Expanding Universe to the Big Bang
Overview
How did physical nature on the cosmic scale begin? What are the dimensions of the universe? These remain the two most persistent and expansive scien...
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Big Bang Theory
Big bang theory describes the origin of the knowable universe and the development of the laws of physics and chemistry some 15 billion years ago.
During the 1940s Russian-born American...
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Big Bang
The big bang is the cosmic event that is theorized to have marked the origin of the universe. At that instant all matter and energy in the entire physical universe, and the four dimensions of...
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Standard Model of Cosmology
The standard model of cosmology is the big bang theory. It refers to the event, between 8 and 15 billion years ago, in which the universe was born in a cataclysmic explosio...
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Big Bang Theory
Before the twentieth century, astronomers could only assume that the universe had existed forever without change, or that it was created in its present condition by divine action at so...
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Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory is the prevailing theory of the origin of the universe, and it is based on astronomical observations. According to this theory, about 15 billion years ago all the m...
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The Big Bang Theory
The current theory of the formation of the universe is called the `Big Bang.' This theory is centred on the universe being created due to the explosion of a highly dense microscop...
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