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Evidence for the Big Bang?

What is some good evidence we have to support the Big Bang Model of cosmology?

Specifically how can this be proved using:

-Parallax and inverse square law for light intensity

-Doppler Effect

-Cosmic Radiation

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  • 1 decade ago
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    watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyCkADmNdNo

    Big Bang Theory - Evidence for the Theory

    What are the major evidences which support the Big Bang theory?

    First of all, we are reasonably certain that the universe had a beginning.

    Second, galaxies appear to be moving away from us at speeds proportional to their distance. This is called "Hubble's Law," named after Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) who discovered this phenomenon in 1929. This observation supports the expansion of the universe and suggests that the universe was once compacted.

    Third, if the universe was initially very, very hot as the Big Bang suggests, we should be able to find some remnant of this heat. In 1965, Radioastronomers Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson discovered a 2.725 degree Kelvin (-454.765 degree Fahrenheit, -270.425 degree Celsius) Cosmic Microwave Background radiation (CMB) which pervades the observable universe. This is thought to be the remnant which scientists were looking for. Penzias and Wilson shared in the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery.

    Finally, the abundance of the "light elements" Hydrogen and Helium found in the observable universe are thought to support the Big Bang model of origins.

    Big Bang Theory - The Only Plausible Theory?

    Is the standard Big Bang theory the only model consistent with these evidences? No, it's just the most popular one. Internationally renown Astrophysicist George F. R. Ellis explains: "People need to be aware that there is a range of models that could explain the observations….For instance, I can construct you a spherically symmetrical universe with Earth at its center, and you cannot disprove it based on observations….You can only exclude it on philosophical grounds. In my view there is absolutely nothing wrong in that. What I want to bring into the open is the fact that we are using philosophical criteria in choosing our models. A lot of cosmology tries to hide that."4

    In 2003, Physicist Robert Gentry proposed an attractive alternative to the standard theory, an alternative which also accounts for the evidences listed above.5 Dr. Gentry claims that the standard Big Bang model is founded upon a faulty paradigm (the Friedmann-lemaitre expanding-spacetime paradigm) which he claims is inconsistent with the empirical data. He chooses instead to base his model on Einstein's static-spacetime paradigm which he claims is the "genuine cosmic Rosetta." Gentry has published several papers outlining what he considers to be serious flaws in the standard Big Bang model.6 Other high-profile dissenters include Nobel laureate Dr. Hannes Alfvén, Professor Geoffrey Burbidge, Dr. Halton Arp, and the renowned British astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle, who is accredited with first coining the term "the Big Bang" during a BBC radio broadcast in 1950.

    Big Bang Theory - What About God?

    Any discussion of the Big Bang theory would be incomplete without asking the question, what about God? This is because cosmogony (the study of the origin of the universe) is an area where science and theology meet. Creation was a supernatural event. That is, it took place outside of the natural realm. This fact begs the question: is there anything else which exists outside of the natural realm? Specifically, is there a master Architect out there? We know that this universe had a beginning. Was God the "First Cause"? We won't attempt to answer that question in this short article. We just ask the question:

    Does God Exist?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Doppler Effect:

    Redshifting galaxies, with greater redshift at greater distances, tells us that everything is traveling away from everything else.

    CMBR:

    The background radiation that the BBT predicted would exist, was fond subsequently, this is a residual of a hot, dense, early young universe. If it was hotter and denser back then, and galaxies are still redshifting today, it stands to be good reason that the universe has been expanding for quite some time.

    I have no idea how your first point relates to the BBT. Parallax and light intensity inverse square law are methods of calculating distance, it can be used to calculate the distance of a distant galaxy, and then you can see the relationship between its distance and its redshift, but if there was no redshift and no CMBR, it could still exist even in a universe without a BB.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    God has replied 1400 years in the past interior the Holy Quran, financial disaster 21 verse 30 "Did the disbelievers no longer observe that the heavens and the earth have been closed, then We opened them? And We made out of water each and every residing component. would they nonetheless no longer have faith?" the biggest premise of the great Bang concept is that the universe exchange into as quickly as in a very warm and dense state that better in the present day (a "massive Bang"). This speedy enlargement led to the extra youthful universe to chill out and ended in its latest constantly increasing state. massive bang concept exchange into proposed basically some an prolonged time in the past, yet Allah has printed the reality plenty plenty earlier that.

  • 1 decade ago

    Wikipedia to the rescue!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang#Observationa...

    Good luck with your homework.

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