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The great Big Bang misconception | Michelle Thaller

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Thanks to time-traveling telescopes, we can see more about the Big Bang. ❍ Subscribe to The Well on YouTube: https://bit.ly/welcometothewell ❍ Up next: How looking at 4 billion years of Earth’s history changes you, with Chris Hadfield    • How looking at 4 billion years of Ear...   One of the biggest misconceptions in science is that the Big Bang came out of nothing - according to astrophysicist Michelle Thaller, this is not correct. 13.8 billion years ago, right before the Big Bang, what would become our observable Universe existed within only a tiny volume of space. But this tiny region, from which everything we'll ever see emerged, was not the entirety of what existed. According to Thaller, there were trillions of such regions, and each one would go on to give rise to its own "Universe," completely disconnected from our own. Although we can only view our own observable Universe, there's much more out there than meets the eye. Read the …...more
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The great Big Bang misconception | Michelle Thaller
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2022Feb 7
Thanks to time-traveling telescopes, we can see more about the Big Bang. ❍ Subscribe to The Well on YouTube: https://bit.ly/welcometothewell ❍ Up next: How looking at 4 billion years of Earth’s history changes you, with Chris Hadfield    • How looking at 4 billion years of Ear...   One of the biggest misconceptions in science is that the Big Bang came out of nothing - according to astrophysicist Michelle Thaller, this is not correct. 13.8 billion years ago, right before the Big Bang, what would become our observable Universe existed within only a tiny volume of space. But this tiny region, from which everything we'll ever see emerged, was not the entirety of what existed. According to Thaller, there were trillions of such regions, and each one would go on to give rise to its own "Universe," completely disconnected from our own. Although we can only view our own observable Universe, there's much more out there than meets the eye. Read the full video transcript: https://bigthink.com/the-well/big-ban... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ❍ About The Well ❍ Do we inhabit a multiverse? Do we have free will? What is love? Is evolution directional? There are no simple answers to life’s biggest questions, and that’s why they’re the questions occupying the world’s brightest minds. So what do they think? How is the power of science advancing understanding? How are philosophers and theologians tackling these fascinating questions? Let’s dive into The Well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Well on your favorite platforms: ❍ Facebook: https://bit.ly/thewellFB ❍ Instagram: https://bit.ly/thewellIG

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