The popular idea that time began at the Big Bang is likely wrong
The Big Bang is often described as the moment time and space began, but modern physics suggests this is a misconception. This video explores why the traditional singularity model fails and what current scientific understanding actually proposes about the origin of our universe.
A century ago, observations by Edwin Hubble and Vesto Slipher, paired with Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, showed that the universe is expanding. Mathematically reversing this expansion suggests that all matter and energy were once compressed into an infinitesimally small singularity. The conventional view claims this point marks the absolute beginning of time and space.
However, most physicists studying the subject now reject this simplistic narrative. While the Big Bang is frequently characterized as an explosive expansion from a singularity, this picture is considered incorrect. The reality of the universe's origin remains a subject of active research, offering a more complex and compelling alternative to the idea that time simply did not exist before the expansion began.
Source: Did Time Start at the Big Bang?
