Big Bang Birthday: Big Bang? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, March 21, 2014, 13:28 (3900 days ago) @ David Turell

this article questions the idea of a singularity at the beginning:-http://profmattstrassler.com/2014/03/21/did-the-universe-begin-with-a-singularity/-"The modern Big Bang Theory really starts after this period of ignorance, with a burst of inflation that creates a large expanding universe, and the end of inflation which allows for the creation of the heat of the Hot Big Bang. The equations for the theory, as it currently stands, can be used to make predictions even though we don't know the precise nature of our universe's birth. Yes, a singularity often turns up in our equations when we extend them as far as they can go in the past; but a singularity of this sort is far from likely to be an aspect of nature, and instead should be interpreted as a sign of what we don't yet understand."-Basically: start?....inflation...period of intense heat... more expansion...now