View Single Post Old January 29 2013, 05:19 AM   #19
Christopher's Avatar Re: Basic Science Question - "fabric" of
space  Metryq wrote: View Post Christopher wrote: View Post But
in the past 20 years, improved telescopes have given us enough
hard data to overwhelmingly verify the Big Bang. "I think you've
got it reversed, Mr. Krako." Every new observation creates
another problem for the Big Bang. I don't know what gave you
that impression. The microwave background data we've gained from
the Cosmic Background Explorer and WMAP probes over the past
couple of decades has been a motherlode, greatly refining our
knowledge of the universe. We now know that the universe began
13.8 billion years ago, conclusively scuttling alternative
theories like Fred Hoyle's continuous creation. Heck, the very
fact that the microwave background exists is pretty much direct
observational proof of the Big Bang. Sure, we're learning things
that raise new questions about the specifics of the theory,
things that add new complications,