Theory of cosmological origin which states that the entirety of spacetime was at one point contained in an extremely compact area of near infinite desity which then expanded rapidly, giving rise to all we know as the universe approximately 13.7 billion years ago.
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Is x% noise on TV due to Big Bang's background radiation?
I've heard quite a few times that a certain percentage (usually claimed 1%) of the noise you see on TV comes from the background radiation of the Big Bang. Is this a myth?
If not, I seems like a reasonably complicated claim to substantiate…
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Is there any observable evidence of the Big Bang?
Is there any observable evidence of The Big Bang?
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Does a lack of radiation shadows disprove the Big Bang Theory?
This article from Creation Magazine argues that:
If the big bang were true, the light from the fireball should cast
shadows in the foreground of all galaxy clusters.
It uses some 2006 findings about Cosmic Microwave Background radiation to argue…
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Do recent images from the JWST pose a major crisis for Big Bang cosmology?
In some recent publications, plasma physicist and alternative cosmology advocate Eric Lerner has made the claim that recent JWST images disprove the conventional ΛCDM model of cosmological inflation, and hence that "The Big Bang didn't happen".
I…
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Does the second law of thermodynamics contradict the Big Bang Theory?
This question on Skeptics.SE regarding evolution and thermodynamics got me thinking. I always assumed that creationists argued that the Big Bang, and not evolution violated the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. Specifically, that singularities are a…
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Has the CERN LHC Muon Detector caused mini singularities within Earths atmosphere?
"Something very interesting happened at CERN recently – they had an accident. The accident created a “rainbow” universe. What does this mean, exactly? CERN actually created a universe for 2.6 seconds."…
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Is there compelling proof against an alternative to the law of conservation of energy?
The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but changed into different forms, which I've never found entirely compelling. It's impossible to measure the energy that exists, since we are unsure of whether our…
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