TheoriesontheCreationoftheUniverse

SometimeswestareupintothevastexpansionofspaceandthinktoourselvesHowdid
allofthiscometobe?.Thisisaquestionpeoplehavebeentryingtoanswerandponderfor
thousandsofyears.Manytheorieshavebeenproduced.Somearemorecrediblethanothers,
whileothersarecompletelyabsurd.ManyofthesearetheBigBangTheory,theolderSteady
StateTheory,theExpandingUniversetheory,andthelesserknownBubbleUniverseTheory.
Eitherway,thereareanumberoffactsthatareproventhisincludesthatAfter0.01
milliseconds,theexpansionslowsdownandisthenspedup10billionyearsafterthebigbangby
amysteriousforcecalledDarkEnergy(Barrone,Whentheuniversewentbang!).
Oneofthemostbasic,butalsowidelyacceptedtheory,istheCreationistTheory.Since
therearemanyderivationstothecreationisttheory,(Totem,Muslim,Hindu)Iwilljuststickto
theChristiantheory.TheCreationisttheorystatesthatGodcreatedtheuniversein6daysand
nights,andtookarestonthe7thday.Thistheoryalsosharescommonthemeswiththeother
religions.However,thereisntanyscientificortangibleproofthatthishappenedotherthanthe
bibleandteachingsoftheChurch.Thistheorydoeshoweversharesimilaritieswiththescientific
SteadyStatetheory.
TheSteadyStatetheoryisthetheorythatstatestheUniversewasneveractually
created,butthatithasalwaysexisted.ThistheorywasputforwardbyThomasGold,Sir
FredHoyle,andSirHermannBondi.Thistheorywasflawed,butitwasacceptedatthetime.
Thetheoryalsostatedthattheuniversecontinuallyexpanded.Indoingso,theuniversemust
maintaintherateofcreationofmatterdependingonhowmuchitisexpandingapproximately

onecubicmetreofspacemustappeareveryfivebillionyearstomaintainthemoderation.As
successfulasthistheorymayhavebeen,anyvalidandpresentedproofthatsaidthattheuniverse
evolvedwoulddisprovethistheory,asitviolatestheprinciples.Asevidencecameupinthe
1960sagainstit,itturnedagainstthetheory.Thefinalblowtothetheorywaslaterinthose
years,whenastronomershadfoundthecosmologicalbackgroundradiationwaves.Thiswas
remnantsfromtheuniversescreation,disprovingabulkofthetheory.(SteadyStateTheory,
Heckart)
HandsdownthemostacceptedtheorywouldbetheBigBangTheory.Thistheorystates
thateverythingcamefromasmallball,aboutthesizeofanatom.Then,inaviolent
eruption,itallexpandedand,overtime,formedplanetsandgalaxies.Thistheoryhasbeen
widelyacceptedtobetruebythescientificcommunity.Thistheoryisamoreorlessnewtheory.
ThistheorywasfirstsuggestedbyEdwinHubble.Theevidenceinthisisthatwhenyouobserve
distantgalaxies,theyaremovingawayfromus.AspreviouslystatedinregardstotheSteady
Statetheory,EdwinHubblesobservationsmoreorlesswipedouttheSteadyStatetheory.This,
again,isduetothefactisprovedthattheuniversedoesevolve.Inotherwords,thismeansthat
theuniverseisexpandingrapidly.(Hawking,ABriefHistoryofTime).
TheFinaltheoryisthenewesttheory,andishotontheBigBangTheorystail.This
theoryistheBlackHoletheory.Thistheorywasproposedinapaperwrittenin2000byGia
Dvali,GregoryGabadadze,andMassimoPoratti.Thistheorystatesthatafourdimensional
bulkuniverse.Thestarslocatedinthisuniversewouldcontinuethesamelifecycleasthe
starsinouruniverse.Ifastarexplodes,thenitwouldpossiblycreateablackhole
dependingonitsdensity.Inouruniverse,theeventhorizonappearsasa2Dsurface.

However,inthe4Duniverse,itwouldbea3Deventhorizon,witha3Dbrane,andwould
expand.Thismeansthatitispossibleforthe3Deventhorizonwouldbeexpanding,speed
dependingonthebranesgrowth.Thisalsomeansthatour3Duniverseismuchmoreyounger
thatthe4Duniversewhichcreatedours.Inmyopinion,thistheoryholdsalotofstance.Why?
Becauseofthetheorywhiteholesinthecentreofthegalaxyspitoutmatter.Thistheorytoois
beingresearched,andholdsalotofmeaning.(Howell,UniverseToday)
Insummary,myfindingshaveshownquitethevariationinideasandtheoriesastohow
theuniversebegan.AsaCatholic,IaminclinedtobelievetheTheologicalexplanation,butas
researcher,IaminclinedtobelievetheBlackHoleTheory.WhatImentionedabovearenotthe
onlytheories.OneoftheothertheoriesistheBubbleUniverseTheory.Thistheoryhypotheses
thattherearemultipleuniverseslikeourown,thusbeingtherearealsomultiplebigbangsgoing
onatonce,whichbacksupthebigbangtheory.Oneofthelargestdiscoveriesthatrockedalot
ofthetheoriesandmindsofscientistsalikeweretheRadioWavesIhavepreviouslymentioned
intheSteadyStateTheory.TheseRadiowavesarethelastradioactiveremnantsoflightfromthe
creationoftheuniverse.ThisiswhatknockedoffthebalanceoftheSteadyStatetheory.This
discoverywasalsomassiveinthescientificfield,asitconfirmedmanythings.Forexample,
lighttakestimetoreachEarth.Sointhetimeittooktofaintlyseethesignal,ittookaboutas
muchtimeasfromwhentheuniverseexisted.Thismeansthatthelightwasabout12Billion
yearsold.
Concluding,thediversetheoriesareallbackedandfoughtagainstwithhardevidence,
mostlythetwobetweentheologyandtheBigBangtheory.Thesetwohavebeenbitterrivals,and
mostlikelywillbeforalongtime.