The Big Bang
This week in science we have been learning about the big bang. It is a theory about the beginning of the universe. It has been something that has been pondered by many scientists and astronomers starting long ago, but until recently our ability to comprehend this was limited due to our lack of technology. Astronomers have found much evidence to prove the big bang, for example the expanding of the universe which we can see through red and blue shifts, Hubble's constant, COBE discoveries, the theory of inflation, and the ideas of the open or closed universe. The concept of the big bang and just the universe in general can definitely be slightly confusion but one thing that might be able to make things a little less confusing is http://www.sentience.tv/pdfs/1.%20The%20beginning.pdf which goes into some detail about the beginning of the universe along with the explanation of the expansion of the universe and even quarks and the idea of the multiverse.
I totally agree, the concepts are just so simple and complex that they are hard to understand. I liked on the link how it talked about the universe as a seed that expanded to be more organized and such. But, part of the reasson I come to believe and accept the big bang is because of the technology that has been used as a tool. Looking at the things some people have figured out just thinking about the universe has helped me to understand what they are talking about and helps me to understand the concepts.
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