How was the universe created?

[Emir Mehovic]

how was the universe created out of NOTHING? This question really bugs me sometimes...anyone have any theorys?

[Frank R.]

That question won't/can't be answered anytime soon, let alone here. Sorry. People will obviously post what they believe though, knowing they really don't know.

[Corky]

ahh i love talking about this shit
reseach m theory
all i can basically say is that the universe was so condensed that is collapsed into itself
that of we are a spin off of another galaxies end
where the black hole shoots out matter and we form from a little bubble of energy (the big bang)

[Tom Van]

From a physics perspective all of the energy in the universe sums up to zero, so the universe very well could have come from nothing. At least that's what smarter guys than I have said in lectures that I have attended. Also, observation would seem to indicate that something is a more stable state than nothing, so we should not always assume that nothing is the more natural state of things, as people seem to do.

Frank is right that your question will not be answered here, but I strongly disagree that it can't or won't be any time soon. With the exponential expansion of technology and human intelligence that question will very likely be answered in our lifetimes IMHO.

[John Alighieri]

Stephen Hawking: "The theory of everything"

[AJ Camacho]

Or maybe the universe has just always existed. It's almost impossible for our minds to grasp such an idea but maybe the universe has always just been there?

[Corky]

that makes no sense dude
here guys watch these 2 vids
no lie this is as close the answer as we will ever get
the bumpy bubble thing at 0:55 is where all the universes pop out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE7xRgfPjAI
and heres the famous physicist michio kaku talking about different dimensions and black holes where he believes universes recycle themselves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk8Vr00EBHA
hope that helped!!

[Frank R.]

When I say anytime soon, the unit of measurement I'm thinking of is more like days or even weeks, not lifetimes. In more specific terms, that question won't be answered by next Saturday. I do agree that a very logical theory of how the universe came about, backed by factual information, will come within our lifetime (hopefully). Like AJ said, it's a really mind blowing idea to think about how something can possibly come from absolutely nothing; just think about it for a minute, crazy.

[Karim Graham]

indead AJ, as humans we simply cant grasp the idea of nothingness or come even slightly close to imagining everything in existence. if we ever do work out these types of questions then i think we would be so advanced and probably so far from humans as we are now that the answers may not even matter to us.

[Nat Cummings]

Or maybe the universe has just always existed. It's almost impossible for our minds to grasp such an idea but maybe the universe has always just been there?

+1

It is contantly crossing my mind that we will NEVER come to the full understanding of the true meaning of "Infinite"