The Universe: No God Required During a panel discussion at the SETIcon II conference in Santa Clara, Calif., over the weekend, scientists discussed the Big Bang and whether there was a requirement for some divine power to kick-start the Universe 13.75 billion years ago. Unsurprisingly, the resounding answer was: No. “The Big Bang could’ve occurred as a result of just the laws of physics being there,” said astrophysicist Alex Filippenko of the University of California, Berkeley. “With the laws of physics, you can get universes.” keep reading

The Universe: No God Required

During a panel discussion at the SETIcon II conference in Santa Clara, Calif., over the weekend, scientists discussed the Big Bang and whether there was a requirement for some divine power to kick-start the Universe 13.75 billion years ago.

Unsurprisingly, the resounding answer was: No.

“The Big Bang could’ve occurred as a result of just the laws of physics being there,” said astrophysicist Alex Filippenko of the University of California, Berkeley. “With the laws of physics, you can get universes.”

keep reading

Source: news.discovery.com

1,123 notesShowHide

  1. carboman23 reblogged this from discoverynews
  2. dragonsinthefountain reblogged this from rorschachx
  3. c-r-y-p-t-i-c reblogged this from yuruyurau
  4. yuruyurau reblogged this from trss
  5. trss reblogged this from solah-hibino and added:
    The Universe: No God Required During a panel discussion at the SETIcon II conference in Santa Clara, Calif., over the...
  6. solah-hibino reblogged this from discoverynews
  7. vanderbiltsamoyeds reblogged this from thequarksoup
  8. lovelytomeetyou reblogged this from reinagrant
  9. couture-ephemeralia reblogged this from rorschachx
  10. makemeohsoclever reblogged this from discoverynews
  11. iammoodini reblogged this from culturerevo
  12. mintteeth reblogged this from discoverynews
  13. notaparagon reblogged this from discoverynews
  14. jasmineloehr reblogged this from illest-villain-stays-true
  15. annoyinglylogical reblogged this from baddovah
  16. smokingcraterofmymind reblogged this from galaxyclusters
  17. imaginemeenigamime reblogged this from rorschachx
  18. verenshavani reblogged this from discoverynews
  19. grandchateaularegledujeu reblogged this from depravities
  20. depravities reblogged this from discoverynews
  21. leylasanchez reblogged this from discoverynews
  22. ahoopyfrood reblogged this from discoverynews
  23. olympus-mons reblogged this from discoverynews
  24. mlphantomindustries reblogged this from rorschachx
  25. pattymcvay reblogged this from discoverynews
  26. thansy reblogged this from nickxters-lab
  27. nickxters-lab reblogged this from atamis
  28. tiredandafraid reblogged this from sarishka
  29. marcism reblogged this from diverguy727
  30. sarishka reblogged this from racortesl and added:
    interesante..
  31. ruisu-kun reblogged this from racortesl
  32. racortesl reblogged this from frabarzbox
  33. doubleoncall reblogged this from devilchild333
  34. meeshellzswell reblogged this from discoverynews