what is the Big Bang theory?

Introduction

Do you know what the Big Bang really is? Well the Big Bang is a gigantic heat blow up of about 1,800 trillion degrees.

what scientists believe

Today scientists believe that about 14.5 billion years ago is when the entire universe began! Also scientists believe that about 14.5 billion years back the universe was inside a tiny bubble tinier than the tip of a pen or pencil!

Believe it or not, but about half a million years after the start of the Big Bang the universe was totally different from today. It was a very hot and sticky place made up of tiny particles of matter.

before the Big Bang

Did anything even exist before the Big Bang? Well the truth is... Nothing... Nada... Zip! But the scientists still really do wonder if any thing did exist before all the nothing.

after the big bang

Do you know what actually happend after the Big Bang? Well the universe was born! As space got larger the whole entire universe cooled down and matter began to form.

The matter is known today as neutrons, protons and electrons. Here's the proof. The Big Bang is based on math formulas and modules. Astronomers can see the echo from the expansion through something called a cosmic microwave background.

Still need more proof? Well you know when you see the gray little speckles on your TV when that a channel is not working? Believe it or not, but that is caused specifically by the Big Bang!!!

conclusion

People today are still arguing about how the universe actually began and if any thing did exist before the Big Bang. Today I believe that the universe started with a Big Bang and nothing did really exist before the Big Bang happened.

This is an illustration of a massive heat explosion. At the Big Bang, it was about 1,800 trillion degrees.

The diagram above shows a model of how the universe keeps getting bigger and bigger and expanding.

One theory about what the universe was like at the start of the Big Bang explosion is shown in the drawing above.

Cosmic microwave background radiation (shown above) is what causes all those gray and white speckles to come up on your TV when the channel isn't working.

Do you know when your TV channel isn't working, all of those gray and white little speckles are static.

Visit these sources to find more information:

Books about the Big Bang:

  • Black Holes and other space phenomena by Philip steel
  • BIG BOOK OF WHY by Time For kids

WORD WISE

  • Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons = parts of the atoms.
  • matter = solid (wood), liquid (water), and gas (oxygen)
  • Big Bang = what started the universe

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