by Robert Heintzman

Created on: July 25, 2007

The Big Bang' theory of cosmology is an attempt to understand the universe in scientific i.e. Rational terms. It is not the only theory of cosmology as it contends with the Steady State universe' and Cyclical universe' theories. In the steady state' theory the universe is now as it was and always will be and the theory is currently considered discredited because it does not account for observed conditions. The cyclical universe theory is a variant of the big bang' theory in that it contends the universe is continually expanding and contracting. It shares the Big Bang explosion of the mono-block of all matter that starts the outwards expansion. The expansion continues until it reaches a stead where gravitational effects overcome the pressures fueling the expansion, at which point all the matter in the universe begins to contract until the mono-block is re-established and the cycle begins again. The pure Big Bang theory contends that the universe will continue its expansion forever.

The most powerful basic premise of science since the 17th century has been: What is the evidence? Does the evidence support your theory or illuminate the contradictions within it? What evidence is there to support the Big Bang theory?

Currently there are three major pieces of evidence that have led the Big Bang theory to hold sway in cosmology today.
1) During the early development of Microwave communications systems, researchers from Bell Labs found a background noise, a hiss' they could not explain. Further research and experimentation led them to conclude that this noise was coming from radiation that permeates the universe and was caused by the explosion of the mono-block that we call the Big Bang theory.
2) Estimates of the size and distribution of matter throughout the universe has led cosmologists to conclude that there would not be enough of a gravitational effect to halt the expansion of the universe given its current speed of expansion. This leads to the conclusion that the universe will continue to expand indefinitely.
3) Given the current computed course and speed of the stars that have been studied in this context up until now, their paths can be backtracked to a common point of origin.

So what caused the mono-block to explode resulting in the Big Bang? I do not know but I do have questions. Could the internal conditions within the mono-block have been suffering from the same internal pressures that lead stars to go nova or super-nova? Ask a cosmologist or better yet condense

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