The Nature of Explanation

Apr 21, 2020 ... One of the earliest string theory notions is the "ekpyrotic" universe, which comes from the Greek word for "conflagration," or fire. In this ... Oct 24, 2014 ... The pre-bang universe has become the latest frontier of cosmology. The new willingness to consider what might have happened before the bang is ... May 24, 2019 ... Professor Hiranya Peiris (UCL Physics & Astronomy) discusses the origins of the universe, and how the science fiction author Arthur C Clarke ... Jul 21, 2014 ... MIT professor Alan Guth has spent the past three decades hypothesizing about “what banged, why it banged, [and] what happened before it banged”. Apr 12, 2020 ... Cosmologist Alexander Vilenkin believes the Big Bang wasn't a one-off event, but merely one of a series of big bangs creating an endless number of bubble ... Mar 31, 2022 ... Related Assets: ... Prior to the Big Bang — yes, before the Big Bang — the universe underwent a breathtaking cosmic expansion, doubling in size at ... Jan 27, 2014 ... We normally think of the Big Bang as the very beginning of our Universe, but we now know the story goes back even before it. Here's how. · The ... Apr 17, 2019 ... It's possible that before the Big Bang, the universe was an infinite stretch of an ultrahot, dense material, persisting in a steady state until, ... Jan 4, 2024 ... There can't have been infinite empty space before space came into being and expanded out from a point. ... Did big bang happen only one ... Apr 21, 2022 ... ... what happened before the Big Bang. Essentially, they said, the universe has no boundary (beginning), just as there is no point north of the ...