A couple of things I'd like to see what other people think about:


Our universe is supposidly ever expanding...exactly what is it expanding into? I always pictured it expanding into some sort of static void or just some white noise. Anyone else have theories about this?

If there was a big bang, it obviously happened in "space." Where was this entitiy that exploded? space? Where did this space come from in the first place?

I also believe we live in a giant atom. Look at it all....

Nucleus=Sun
Planets=electrons

We're just a part of a grand scheme of collective galactic infrastructure that equals a greater whole than we can imagine......

The universe does not "require" anything to expand into.

The big bang did not happen in space. The big bang created space.
See above. There was no space before the big bang. The big bang was the creation of space-time (there was no "before the big bang", either)

Events on the atomic scale are not classical mechanics. They are quantum mechanics. Electrons do not "orbit" the nucleus like planets orbit stars. They exist in a probability cloud that defines where might be found at any given time.

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That is one interpretation of GR, and just so happens to be one which seems to have observational evidence, yes.

If this were the case, the static void or "white noise" would, by its nature of existance, would also be a part of the universe. At least if you define the universe as "everything that exists". Which most of us do.

Nope. Such speculation does not fall into the realm of theory since, even if taking a more limited definition of universe as being everything that can ever be observed, we can never observe "outside" of the universe and therefore can never have any knowledge about what lies without.


Why is this obvious?

The big bang wasn't an explosion. Not in the sense you're almost certainly thinking of. Rather, the big bang was a rapid expansion of space.

No. It was space.

It was created in the big bang. It continues to be created as the universe continues to expand.

You're free to hold whatever beliefs you wish. Understand, though, that beliefs have no bearing on reality.

For instance, this analogy. An atomic nucleus has one proton for every electron the element contains. It also contains a slew of neutrons to hold the nucleus together. Each proton and neutron is comprised of three quarks. No such analogy is seen in the sun. The sun is made up of an obscene number of hydrogen and helium ions.

It breaks down further, too. Every electron is said to be intrinsically indistinguishable from any other. You can look at Jupiter and tell it's not Mars.

Also, despite what your grade 9 physics book may have shown you, the Bhor model of the atoms with cute little orbits doesn't exist. I suggest you take a gander at this for the real picture. Electrons exist in clouds around the nucleus -- that is to say, the actual position of any electron within its orbital is ambiguous until it is actually observed. A single electron could quite literally be anywhere between the nucleus and Pluto.

And yet here you are, imagining it... Impressive.

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I like a theory called Loop Quantum Gravity, and its cosmological branch, Loop Quantum Cosmology. In this theory, spacetime was contracting before the Big Bang, and after Big Bang it expanded