I’ve hear before that the big bang wasn’t really an explosion, more of the point in time where the universe started rapidly expanding. Can someone explain where the all the matter that makes up planets, stars, etc. came from?
In: Physics
Nope. It’s still one of the great mysteries. We cannot yet discern any origin story for the universe that does not involve matter having to come from “somewhere.” There are theories everywhere from the universe being recursive to black holes being cosmic drains into other universes, sparking new big bangs, to getting into quantum mechanics.
The truth is that we may never know, and that is ok. We’re just three pound jellyfish in calcium jars. We don’t have to have all the answers.
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