Scientists say universe created in 1 trillionth of a sec

[lifeinhim61]

The probe's chief investigator, astrophysicist Charles Bennett of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, says the data reveal that the infant universe just popped out suddenly from almost nothing. It inflated from the size of a pea to a volume larger than all current observable space in less than one-trillionth of a second.

From A Christian Standpoint, Genesis 1:1 is speaking loud!
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth... And the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the earth. And God said, "Let there be light! And there was light!"

These men are slowly proving the bible even though they do not want to admit it.

"Fools and blind!"

Full article is below...

From pea size to virutally the entire universe virtually instantly --- and yet they think us strange that we believe God did the same thing!

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Full article is here... http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-03-17-voa16.cfm


Scientists Find Evidence Universe Inflated in Less Than Trillionth of a Second
By David McAlary
Washington
17 March 2006

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Scientists report evidence that the universe was born in less than the blink of an eye, expanding instantly from sub-microscopic size to astronomical proportions. The conclusion comes from data gathered by a U.S. satellite that has been peering for clues to the origin of the cosmos in a faint glow of background radiation that is almost as old as the universe.

Inflation means one thing to economists and another to cosmologists. When applied to the universe, it means the expansion from its tiny origins nearly 14 billion years ago.


Time line of the Universe

Now, scientists have a better idea of how fast this happened, thanks to a U.S. satellite orbiting four times farther than the moon. It is called the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP for short, launched in 2001.

The probe's chief investigator, astrophysicist Charles Bennett of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, says the data reveal that the infant universe just popped out suddenly from almost nothing. It inflated from the size of a pea to a volume larger than all current observable space in less than one-trillionth of a second.

"It amazes me that we can say anything at all about what transpired in the first trillionth of a second, but we can," he said. "It appears that the universe had a growth spurt that would alarm any mom or dad."

This conclusion comes after three years of continuous observations of the oldest light in the universe. Bennett says it is the remnant afterglow of light that first appeared when the universe was just 300,000-years-old, a faint microscopic radiation that lingers at temperatures close to absolute zero, the temperature at which all atomic motion stops.

"WMAP measures the patterns of the light as a geologist might examine a fossil for clues of the past," he explained.


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Content of the Universe
The new data also inform scientists that only four-percent of the universe is ordinary matter that we can see. Twenty-two percent is unidentified dark matter, and 74 percent is a mysterious dark energy. This is a force scientists believe counters the gravitational pull of matter and is causing another rapid expansion of the universe, although not nearly as forceful as the first one.

"The observations are spectacular and the conclusions are stunning," he said.

This is Columbia University cosmology theorist Peter Greene, who was not part of the WMAP research team.

"Our species is one that seeks its origin, and the deepest of all questions of origin is, how did the universe begin? WMAP has certainly not answered this question, but WMAP's data is taking us one giant step closer to the answer by giving us a precise quantitative look at what happened literally at time zero itself," he said.

The WMAP data are to be published in the Astrophysical Journal. The WMAP satellite will continue to refine its data on a mission expected to last until 2009.

[OccamsRazor]

Anyway, death and oblivion aside.

The original point of this thread was the suggestion that the rapid inflation of the early universe is proof of Genesis.

Hence the comment

These men are slowly proving the bible even though they do not want to admit it.

I think that I should (as I seem to keep doing so) reiterate my user-namesake Occam's Razor (one should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything).
In this case it means that although we can see evidence a rapid expansion of the universe it is an fallacy to infer that this proves a divine power must have caused it. The evidence does not require a divine power to explain it so we should not presume to add one.

Further to Jose's suggestion of the continuous birth-rebirth theory, there are many other ideas as to the end of the universe. These include String theory's Cosmic Bounce and Thermodynamics' Heat death. These represent infinite future scenarios, there is of course Edwin Hubble's original Big Crunch which would represent the end of time itself (which brings me neatly back to oblivion )

[BruceChris]

And he is studying the expansionary phase of the big bang. That is the phase during which the universe expanded at a rate much faster that the speed of light. His information, commonly accepted by other astrophysicists, is that this phase lasted from about 10 to the minus 35th second, to about 10 to the minus 31st second. During that time, the universe expanded to a size that you could yet fit into your living room (but I don't recommend it!). I shall have to go back and look at the references given, but your information is so out of accordance with the facts given by the experts that I know of, I would have to wonder why there is such a massive disagreement between "your" experts, and "my" experts. (And how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?)

Peace and Love, BruceChris