Science's best answer to "where did the Universe come from?"

Science's best answer to "where did the Universe come from?"

We’ve all had a moment, at some point in our lives, where we began to wonder about things greater than ourselves. What were things like before we came into existence? What were they like before our parents, grandparents, or even any human came into existence? Was there a time before life on Earth or even planet Earth itself existed? What about the Sun? What about any stars or planets at all? And what about the entire Universe itself: matter, ene…

What was before the universe? We thought nothing, but scientists have discovered a matter that would change everything we know about it.

Physicists may have found a substance that existed before the Big Bang

A paper published in 2024 theorizes that time may have existed before the Big Bang, but we're still not entirely sure.

The universe is definitely stranger (and possibly older) than we thought. Imagine discovering that your house existed before it was built. Sounds crazy? But that’s exactly what’s happening with the big bang theory. A team of physicists has identified traces of primordial particles that may have taken shape during cosmic inflation. Their study suggests that dark matter didn’t just emerge from the primordial chaos, but was already there, a silent …