10 Things You Really Should Know About The Big Bang

10 Things You Really Should Know About The Big Bang
10 Things You Really Should Know About The Big Bang

10 Things You Really Should Know About The Big Bang

Unless you grew up in the back woods with no access to books, TV or social media the chances are that you have heard of ‘The Big Bang’.  We are not talking about the TV show (although we might do a list on that another time!), we are talking about the cosmological event that took place that started everything.  The chances are that you do know that the phrase refers to the moment that our universe and everything in it came into being.  Other than that the chances are that

you don’t know all that much about it.  Just about every book, article or TV program discussing ‘The Big Bang’ starts out clear and easy to understand but then, within minutes, descends into complex discussions on astrophysics.  Before you know it the topic is completely beyond all but a PhD working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

It is easy to dismiss complex phenomenon, particularly when they are esoteric in nature and seem irrelevant to our daily lives.  But ‘The Big Bang’ is important.  Every particle of matter that ever was came into being at that time, in a sense we were born all those billions of years ago.  As the founding moment of our very existence it is important that we all understand the basic information about ‘The Big Bang’ and why it is important in our daily lives.  With that in mind we have taken the time to cut through the complex physics and distil down to basic principles the 10 most important things you need to know about ‘The Big Bang’.

10The Big Bang Is Not The Only Expanding Universe Theory

The Universe: simply a cosmic egg.

9The Name ‘The Big Bang’ Was Meant To Discredit The Theory

I’m going to give your cool theory a sweet name to discredit it. Good luck!

8The Big Bang Theory Was, At First, Considered An Attempt To Impose Religion On Science

Thou shalt listen to the word of God when he talks about the Big Bang. Amen!

7Scientists Initially Attributed The Radio Signal Given Off By The Big Bang To Pigeons!

It’s not the big bang. It’s just us pigeons!

6All the Hydrogen and Helium In The Universe Was Formed In ‘The Big Bang’

Thank goodness for the big bang. Now my Mylar can float.

5‘The Big Bang’ Caused Objects In The Universe To Move Faster Than The Speed Of Light

Strap in! We’re experiencing Ludicrous speed!

4The Big Bang Made The Universe Expand, It Does Not Mean Other Galaxies Are Moving Away From Ours

Galaxies in motion.

3‘The Big Bang’ Does Not Mean That There Was Nothing Before It Happened

There was stuff before the big bang. Probably black holes and stuff.

2The Expansion Caused By ‘The Big Bang’ Means That Eventually We Will Not Be Able To See Any Other Galaxies

Pretty soon we won’t see other galaxies?

1The Universe Is Flat

Here’s a selfie of the Universe. See. Totally flat.